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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1932 Lloyd Haynes, South Bend Indiana, actor (Pete Dixon-Room 222) 
1932 Arthur Friedheim, composer, dies at 72.
1933 Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936.
1933 Withdrawal of Germany from the League of Nations
1933 Brian Booth, cricketer (dual Australian cricket/hockey international).
1934 David Guard, rocker (Kingston Trio).
1934 Johan J Arch, graphic artist (houtgravures), dies at 63.
1935 Mao Tse Tung's army reaches Shanxi
1936 HR Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18½ days
1937 Betty Carver, wife of English fieldmarshal Bernard Montgomery, dies.
1939 Goering begins plunder through Nazi's occupied areas.
1941 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico.
1943 Theater Guild presentation of "Othello" opens.
1943 Conference of foreign ministers in Moscow.
1943 Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered
1944 US forces land in Philipines.
1944 British premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Moscow.
1945 Foundation of War Widow's Guild of Australia The guild's inaugural president was Mrs Jessie Vasey, widow of Major-General GA Vasey, who had asked his wife to "look after the widows"
1947 In this year, De Gaulles RPF claims French municipal elections.
1948 "My Romance" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 95 performances.
1949 A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton.
1950 UN forces entered the capital of North Korea.
1950 Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated.
1950 Edna St Vincent Millay, poet/dramatist/feminist (Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize)
1951 In this year, Babe Didrikson-Zaharias claims LPGA Texas Women's Golf Open.
1952 In this year, Louise Suggs claims LPGA Betty Jameson Golf Tournament
1953 inaugural jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service.
1953 1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service
1954 Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs.
1955 John Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41.
1957 Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Montreal, Canada, became inaugural NHLer to score 500 goals.
1957 "Damn Yankees" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1022 performances.
1957 Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian, dies at 65.
1958 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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