Page 6: Historical Events In October - 30
Thursday, 12 February 2026
1956 Israel captures Egyptian militay post at El-Thamad 

1957 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 11th Symphony premieres in Moscow 

1958 Rose Macaulay, writer, dies at 77. 

1959 Blonde Dolly, [Sybille A J Niemans], society prostitute, dies at 33. 

1960 Guatemala's "La Hora" reports plan for invasion on Cuba. 

1960 Alfred Hill, composer, dies at 89 

1961 Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Josef Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square. 

1961 Soviet Union tests a 58 megaton hydrogen bomb 

1961 Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president Italy, dies. 

1965 Fireworks explosions kill 50 in Cartagena, Colombia. 

1965 The Canadian National-Canadian Pacific passenger pool train arrangement is terminated 

1967 USSR Kosmos 186 and 188 make inaugural automatic docking and Venmera 13 launch. 

1967 Charles Trowbridge, actor (Mummy's Hand), dies at 85. 

1968 Conrad Richter, US writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78. 

1971 Osvald Chlubna, composer, dies at 78 

1972 Worst US rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago. 

1972 Alan Roth, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68 

1973 Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer, dies at 77 

1974 Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in 8th round in Kinshasa, Za‹re 

1975 John Bucyk, Boston, became 7th NHLer to score 500 goals 

1975 NY Daily News runs headline "Ford to City Drop Dead". 

1975 Prince Juan Carlos is recorded as becoming Spain's leader 

1975 NY Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" 

1976 Jane Pauley is recorded as becoming news co-anchor of the Today Show. 

1976 Rev Joseph Evans elected president of the United Church of Christ 

1978 Laura Nickel and Curt Noll find 25th Mersenne prime, 2 ^ 21701-1. 

1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-203. 

1979 Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham. 

1980 Honduras and El Salvador settle their boundary dispute. 

1980 NASA launches Flt Satcom-4 

1981 Georges Brassens, French screenwriter, dies 

1983 Erzurum earthquake in Turkey killing 1342 people. 

1984 June Duprez, actress (Calcutta, Tiger Fang), dies at 66 

1985 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61-A)-Challenger 9-launched 

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