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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Jun 14 Lebanese Shiite Moslem gunmen hijack TWA 847 after Athens' takeoff 
Jun 15 En route to Halley's Comet, USSR's Vega 2 drops lander on Venus.
Jun 15 Len Hopwood, cricketer (took 0-155 in two Tests Eng v Aust 1934), dies
Jun 17 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched
Jun 17 Piet De Somer, Belgian rector of University of Louvain, dies at 67
Jun 19 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place
Jun 21 American, Brazilian and West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr Josef Mengele
Jun 23 Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die.
Jun 24 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 returns to Earth.
Jun 24 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-F
Jun 24 The motion picture " Cocoon", directed by Ron Howard, grossed some $7.9 million during its opening weekend across the country. "Cocoon", which had a brilliant cast, including screen legend Don Ameche, beat out "Rambo inaugural Blood, Part II" starring Sylvester Stallone, in firstweekend receipts.
Jun 24 The motion picture " Cocoon", directed by Ron Howard, grossed some $7.9 million during its opening weekend across the country. "Cocoon", which had a brilliant cast, including screen legend Don Ameche, beat out "Rambo: inaugural Blood, Part II" starring Sylvester Stallone, in firstweekend receipts
Jun 24 The wife of exiled Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn became a U.S. citizen
Jun 25 Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes (21 die).
Jun 27 inaugural hotel strike in NY
Jun 28 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx.
Jun 28 James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74
Jun 29 NASA launches Intelsat VA.
Jun 29 STS 51-F vehicle moves to the launch pad
Jun 29 Vancouver businessman Jimmy Pattison pays $2.229000 for a yellow Rolls-Royce formerly owned by the Beatles
Jun 30 39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut
Jun 30 James Dewar, inventor (Twinkie), dies
Jul 02 European Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet.
Jul 02 Proto launched to Halley's Comet
Jul 03 CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover.
Jul 03 In the New Britian Region a 7.4 quake damage (VII), landslides and ground cracks on New Ireland and in the Rabaul area, New Britain. A 1.3-meter tsunami was observed in Rabaul's harbor.
Jul 04 John de Quay, Dutch premier (1959-63), dies at 83
Jul 04 Tinker Bell's nightly flight begins
Jul 05 Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86.
Jul 05 Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of the globe, covering 13035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
Jul 07 Boris Becker at 17 beats Kevin Curren for Wimbeldon title
Jul 07 Patti McCarty actress, dies at 64.
Jul 07 Patti McCarty, actress (Gangster of the Frontier), dies at 64
Jul 07 Robert Mugabe is recorded as becoming the inaugural President of the newly named Zimbabwe
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