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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Dec 02 Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72. 
Dec 03 Christie's auctions a thimble for a record $18400.
Dec 03 Eleven people are killed when fans stampede during a concert by The Who at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum
Dec 04 Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero).
Dec 04 Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
Dec 07 Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies.
Dec 09 Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84
Dec 10 Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67
Dec 11 Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66.
Dec 12 Gold hits record $462.50 an ounce
Dec 12 Rhodesia is recorded as becoming the independent nation of Zimbabwe.
Dec 13 Jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66
Dec 14 Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer (2 Tests for India, avg 205), dies.
Dec 15 Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66.
Dec 15 Deposed Shah of Iran leaves US for Panama
Dec 15 World Court in Hague rules Iran should release all US hostages
Dec 17 Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle)
Dec 17 Driver Stan Barrett became the inaugural person in the world to travel faster than sound on land. He drove the Budweiser Rocket car at a top speed of 739.666 in a one-way run at Rogers Dry Lake,California.
Dec 18 Stanley Barrett inaugural to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH)
Dec 19 The Senate green lighted a $1.5 billion loan to help put the auto maker Chrysler back on its feet. In the short term, though, the loan did little to staunch the bleeding
Dec 21 Bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five and one), dies
Dec 21 Gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game
Dec 22 Darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77
Dec 24 1st Ariane-rocket launched
Dec 24 Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82.
Dec 25 Joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70
Dec 27 "Knots Landing," premieres on CBS-TV.
Dec 27 Hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered
Dec 27 Red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at MSG.
Dec 27 Russia invades Afghanistan
Dec 27 Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin overthrown.
Dec 29 Red Army beats New York Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum.
Dec 30 Richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers and Hammerstein), dies at 77.
Dec 30 Rock group, Emerson, Lake and Palmer break up
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