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Thursday, 19 February 2026
Nov 26 Nine helicopters of HU-2 and four from NAS Lakehurst, assisted the Coast Guard in the rescue of 17 men from the Norwegian tanker Stolt Dagali cut in two by collision with the Israeli liner Shalom off the New Jersey coast 
Nov 28 Charles Meredith, actor (Court of Last Resort), dies at 70
Nov 28 Mariner 4 launched; inaugural probe to fly by Mars
Nov 28 President Lyndon Johnson's top advisers--Maxwell Taylor, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, and other members of the National Security Council--agree to recommend that the president adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of the bombing of North Vietnam
Nov 29 Anne de Vries, Dutch teacher/author (Bartje), dies at 60.
Nov 29 In this year, Roman Catholic Church in US formally adopts in place of Latin with English.
Nov 30 Don Redman, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64
Nov 30 USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned.
Dec 02 Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed
Dec 03 Ernst Ginsberg, writer, dies
Dec 03 Police arrests 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley.
Dec 04 Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album.
Dec 05 Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70
Dec 05 The inaugural Medal of Honor awarded to a U.S. serviceman for action in Vietnam is presented to Capt. Roger Donlon of Saugerties, New York, for his heroic action earlier in the year
Dec 06 "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV
Dec 07 George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs.
Dec 09 Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77
Dec 10 Sam Cooke, US, singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33
Dec 11 Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 76.
Dec 12 Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of 5 TD passes.
Dec 12 H I "Sailor" Young, cricketer (left-arm bowler Eng v Aust 1899), dies
Dec 12 In this year, Shooting starts for Star Trek pilot, "The Cage" (Menagerie).
Dec 13 In El Paso, TX, LBJ and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border
Dec 13 In this year, Shirley Englehorn and Sam Snead claims Haig and Haig Mixed Foursome Golf
Dec 14 Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene".
Dec 14 William Bendix, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 58
Dec 15 In this year, Canada formally adopts maple leaf flag
Dec 15 Maple Leaf' formally adopted as the symbol for the Canadian national flag.
Dec 18 "I Had a BaIl" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 199 performances
Dec 22 Bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66
Dec 22 Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3530 kph (record for a jet)
Dec 22 Quebec- Opening of the Eastern Townships Autoroute
Dec 23 Arrigo Pedrollo, composer, dies at 86.
Dec 23 India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4850 killed.
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