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Tuesday, 10 February 2026
1969 Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80. 
1970 Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77.
1972 George Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash
1978 Golda Meir served as Israel's PM (1969-74, dies in Jerusalem at 80.
1978 Golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80.
1980 John Lennon assassinated in New York by Mark David Chapman.
1980 John Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40.
1981 Shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64
1982 Andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered
1983 Slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery.
1983 Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64.
1984 Luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81
1987 Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel.
1987 President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles
1988 Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79
1989 Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies
1990 Martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70.
1991 Russia, Byelorussia and Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States
1991 The Soviet Union comes to an end, with the forming of a 'Commonwealth of Independent States'
1991 Buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies.
1992 William Shawn, US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85
1993 The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into US law. NAFTA is a trade pact between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, eliminates virtually all tariffs and trade restrictions between the three nations
1993 Andre Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93.
1994 Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67
1995 Carl Marsden, bodyguard, dies at 36
1996 Howard E Rollins Jr, actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46
1997 The Carlton Trail Railway (Omnitrax) takes over the operation of the following CN lines in north western Saskatchewan Warman Junction to just north of Prince Albert. Speers Junction to Meadow Lake
1997 The Carlton Trail Railway (Omnitrax) takes over the operation of the following CN lines in north western Saskatchewan: Warman Junction to just north of Prince Albert. Speers Junction to Meadow Lake
2005 Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 overshoots the runway at Chicago Midway Airport, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring 11 other people
2007 2007 Africa-EU Summit takes place as European Union and African Union leaders gather in Lisbon, Portugal, for their inaugural joint summit in seven years. The British and Czech prime ministers boycott the event due to the presence of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
2012 UN climate conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol to 2020.
2012 In Qatar, the UN Climate Change Conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol until 2020.
2018 US President Trump announces John Kelly will be stepping down as White House Chief of Staff at the end of the year
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The United Kingdom is recorded as becoming the inaugural nation to begin a mass inoculation campaign using a clinically authorised, fully tested vaccine, tozinameran
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