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Tuesday, 10 February 2026
1982 Government troops and Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria. 
1982 Stringfellow Barr, US educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at 85.
1983 Chicago Archbishop Joseph L Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals invested
1983 Bryan Valentine, cricketer (7 Tests for England, 454 runs), dies.
1984 Lebanese army fight in Beirut.
1984 Medicare scheme formally adopted in Australia
1985 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1986 Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India.
1986 Oscar Arias Sanchez elected President of Costa Rica
1987 In this year, Philippines formally adopts constitution
1987 Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78
1988 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184 vs England at Sydney.
1989 In this year, F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk formally adopts in place of Botha as South Africa's Nationalist Party leader
1990 Marina Ogilvy (daughter of English princess Alexandra) weds Paul Mowatt.
1990 South Africa's President F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes African National Congress and 60 other political organizations
1990 South African President F.W. de Klerk promises to free imprisoned political prisoner Nelson Mandela and lifts a ban on black membership in the African National Congress.
1991 Aravinda De Silva scores 267 vs New Zealand at Wellington.
1992 IRS and Willie Nelson settle on $9 million tax bill (of $16.7 million).
1993 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2500000 to Tom Waits for using his song, "Step Right Up".
1993 Rebels fire rockets on besieged Afghan capital of Kabul, killing 72 people. (What's changed?).
1995 Egyptian, Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian leaders meet in Cairo to restore peace in the Middle East
1995 Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket.
1995 US space shuttle Discovery launched
1996 Actor and dancer Gene Kelly dies at his Beverly Hills, California, home at age 83.
1996 Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA
1998 Philippine DC-9 crashes apparently killing all 104 on board
1999 A Portland, Oregon jury decrees that a person who created an Internet site listing the names and addresses of abortionists pay $107 million in damages
2001 Former President Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton say they will pay for $US86000 worth of White House gifts they'd chosen to keep.
2007 An unseasonal tornado in central Florida results in the deaths of at least 20 people
2007 Chinese President Hu Jintao signs a series of economic deals with Sudan.
2007 Martti Ahtisaari unveils a United Nations plan for the final status of Kosovo; Serbian leaders denounce the proposal
2007 Palestinian factional violence: Hamas and its rival Fatah renew their truce after violence broke out following the initial ceasefire
2007 In this year, The IPCC publishes its fourth assessment report, having concluded that global climate change is "very likely" to have a predominantly human cause
2007 War in Somalia: Eight people are killed in a mortar attack in Somalia's capital Mogadishu
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