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Monday, 16 February 2026
1945 Vaino Raitio, composer, dies at 54 
1948 Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life.
1949 "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at Broadway NYC after 76 perfs.
1950 Joe DiMaggio is recorded as becoming 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium.
1951 British begins economic boycott of Iran
1951 Giuseppe Mule, composer, dies at 66
1952 In this year, Betsy Rawls claims LPGA Thomasville Golf Open
1953 Swanson sells its 1st "TV dinner"
1953 Swanson sells it's 1st "TV dinner".
1954 12 second shock results in the deaths of 1460 in Orleansville Algeria
1954 Peter Anders, German opera singer, dies.
1955 "Gunsmoke" premiers on CBS TV.
1955 The western series Gunsmoke debuts on CBS-TV for the inaugural of 20 seasons (whew!)
1955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV
1955 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer, dies at 70.
1956 Louisville Ky public schools integrate.
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia.
1957 "Mask and Gown" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 39 performances.
1958 WJCT TV channel 7 in Jacksonville, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 In this year, Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila claims Rome Olympic marathon
1960 Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon (2:15:16.2)
1960 Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga.
1961 75th US Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Ann Haydon Jones (63 64)
1961 Leo Carrillo, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid), dies at 81
1962 In this year, Rod Laver claims the Grand Slam of tennis.
1963 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama
1965 Bobby Jordan, actor (Dead End Kids), dies of sclerosis of liver at 42.
1966 Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks
1966 James Langridge, cricketer (242 runs and 19 wkts for England), dies
1967 Residents of Gibraltar vote to remain British and not return to Spain.
1971 Pacific Great Eastern Railway extension from Fort St. John to Fort Nelson, B.C. is opened for traffic.
1971 Shoe-slapping statesman Nikita Krushchev, former Premier of Russia, dies.
1971 Bella Darvi, actress (Racers), commits suicide at 42
1972 Chicago Bears running back Gayle Sayers retires from pro football
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