Page 8: Historical Events In January - 11
Thursday, 12 February 2026
1974 ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style" 

1975 Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4. 

1976 In this year, Dorothy Hamill claims her 3rd consecutive national figure skating championship 

1976 Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves 

1976 US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill. 

1976 US male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka 

1976 Mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 and 13, 0-17), dies. 

1977 In this year, France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the. 

1978 Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 and Soyuz 26 the inaugural time 3 spacecraft link 

1978 Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt and Pepper), dies at 57. 

1979 Jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63. 

1980 Debut of the Pretenders. 

1981 British team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest and quickest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2500 miles) 

1981 In this year, Palau formally adopts constitution. 

1981 Beulah Bondi, actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 88 

1982 Atlanta GA's temperature goes below zeroº F. 

1982 In this year, Honduras formally adopts constitution. 

1983 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 3rd time. 

1983 Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79 

1984 STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad 

1984 Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family 

1984 Fritz Geissler, composer, dies at 62 

1987 Largest crowd (76633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0). 

1988 USSR announces it will participate in the Seoul Summer Olympics 

1988 Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer. 

1989 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc) 

1989 Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school. 

1990 200000 demand return of Lithuania's independence. 

1990 Actor Joseph Cotten undergoes vocal-chord cancer operation at 84. 

1990 Mary Jane Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, Second Wife), dies 

1991 Ben Johnson inaugural race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd 

1991 Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq 

1991 In this year, Ric Flair claims NWA/WCW wrestling title 

1991 Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence. 

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