Page 6: Historical Events In October - 21
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1952 Dutch govt refuses New-Guinea (West-Irian). 

1954 Dorothy Parker/Arnaud d'Usseau's "Ladies of the Corridor," premieres. 

1955 Roy Minnett, cricketer (Australian all-rounder prior to WW I), dies 

1956 In this year, Betty Dodd claims LPGA Lawton Golf Open. 

1957 Giants purchase Class-A Phoenix team 

1958 1st women in English House of Lords. 

1959 The Guggenheim Museum is dedicated in New York City 

1959 Contra revolutionaries bomb Havana. 

1960 1st British nuclear sub Dreadnought launched 

1961 Barbra Striesand opens in "Another Evening with Harry Stones". 

1961 Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies. 

1962 The 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) closes. 

1962 In this year, Mickey Wright claims LPGA Carlsbad Cavern Golf Open 

1963 George B Cressey, US geographer (Crossroads), dies at 66 

1964 Abebe Bikila runs world/olympic record marathon (2:12:11.2). 

1965 KTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting 

1965 Bill Black, rocker, dies at 39 

1966 144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfs a school in S Wales. 

1966 144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in Aberfan S Wales. 

1966 Gertrude Hoffman, actress (Mrs Odetts-My Little Margie), dies at 95 

1967 Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon 

1967 Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat 

1967 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist, dies at 94 

1969 Bloodless coup in Somalia (National Day). 

1969 Jack Kerouac, novelist, dies. 

1969 Jack Kerouac, US writer (Doctor Sax, On the Road), dies at 47. 

1970 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea 

1970 Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways 

1970 John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70 

1971 Etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner (Oly-bronze-48), dies at 48 

1973 Arabi El Goni, VP/Chad parliament, murdered 

1975 Mexico City's inaugural major subway accident takes 26 lives 

1975 Venera 9, inaugural craft to orbit the planet Venus launched 

1976 In this year, American Saul Bellow claims Nobel Prize for Literature. 

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