Page 6: Historical Events In September - 19
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1967 Martin Block, TV announcer (Chesterfield Supper Club), dies at 64. 

1968 A baby was born on Golden Gate Bridge yes the event slowed traffic 

1968 Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62. 

1969 Bert [Lambertus] Bakker, director Free Netherland/inventor, dies 

1970 "Mary Tyler Moore" show premiers. 

1970 Greville Stevens, cricketer (10 Tests for England 1922-29), dies. 

1973 Bob Gilbert, actor (Never the Twain Shall Meet), dies of hepatitis 75. 

1974 Eve March, actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63 

1978 Rolf Gunther, East German priest, self imolation 

1979 Robert is born. 

1980 Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, AR) 

1981 Satellites China 10 and 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket. 

1981 Simon and Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central Park concert. 

1981 Joke Kool-Smit, Dutch feminist, dies 

1982 Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service. 

1982 Fred Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ 1930-33, 16 wkts), dies 

1983 St Christopher-Nevis gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day) 

1984 June Preisser, dancer/actress (Babes in Arms), dies in car crash at 61. 

1985 9500 die in Mexico's earthquake (6.9). 

1985 Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies at 61. 

1986 Federal health officals announce AZT will be available to AIDS patients 

1986 Vivian Duncan, entertainer (Duncan Sisters), dies 

1988 Israel launches inaugural satellite, for secret military reconnaissance 

1988 Oren Lee Staley, 1st pres of Natl Farmers Org (1955-79), dies at 65 

1989 Appeals court restores America's Cup to US after NY Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (NZ protested US's use of a catamaran) 

1989 Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens 

1989 Vietnamese troops withdraw from Cambodia. 

1989 Guido de Moor, actor (Flanagan, Because of the Cats), dies 

1990 Werner Janssen, US composer (New Years Eve in NY), dies at 91 

1991 UN allows Iraq to begin selling oil again, after the Gulf War ban. 

1992 Joint Task Force Marianas stands down after providing assistance to Guam after Typhoon Omar. 

1992 Frederick Combs, playwright/director, dies of AIDS at 57 

1993 Bruce Ferden, US conductor (NY, Washington, Amsterdam), dies at 44 

1994 Frankie Kennedy, flute player, dies at 38. 

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