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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Nov 28 President Elect Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines states that he will send troops to South Vietnam, in response to President Lyndon Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam. 
Nov 29 "Anya" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 16 performances
Nov 29 Dale Cummings does 14118 consecutive sit-ups.
Dec 01 Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began.
Dec 02 The Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test capt 1936), dies
Dec 03 USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon
Dec 04 2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner).
Dec 04 Launch of Gemini 7 piloted by CDR James A. Lovell, USN. This flight consisted of 206 orbits at an altitude of 327 km and lasted 13 days and 18 hours. Recovery by HS-11 helicopters from USS Wasp (CVS-18).
Dec 06 2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) results in the deaths of 125
Dec 06 Alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit/old testament scholar, dies at 90
Dec 07 Chevrolet produced its three-millionth car for the year. It was the inaugural time Chevrolet had produced an annual total surpassing three million vehicles.
Dec 07 Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054
Dec 07 Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of the 2 churches in 1054
Dec 08 Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in NYC.
Dec 09 "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres.
Dec 09 In this year, Nikolai Podgorny adopts in place of Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium.
Dec 10 Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68.
Dec 12 Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales).
Dec 12 Gale Sayers of Chicago Bears scores 6 TDs, ties NFL record
Dec 12 Johnny Lee, actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 67
Dec 13 Algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow
Dec 14 "La Grusse Valise" opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 7 performances.
Dec 14 Hermann Sandby, composer, dies at 84.
Dec 15 3rd cyclone of year results in the deaths of another 10000 at mouths of Ganges River, Bangladesh.
Dec 15 Gemini 6 launched; makes inaugural rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7)
Dec 15 In the inaugural raid on a major North Vietnamese industrial target, U.S. Air Force planes destroy a thermal power plant at Uong Bi, l4 miles north of Haiphong. The plant reportedly supplied about 15 percent of North Vietnam's total electric power production.
Dec 16 Gemini 6 returns to Earth.
Dec 16 Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit
Dec 16 W Somerset Maugham English author ("Of Human Bondage"), dies at 91
Dec 16 William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91
Dec 17 Largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages ($0.50)
Dec 17 Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76
Dec 18 "La Grusse Valise" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 7 performances.
Dec 18 Borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission.
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