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Tuesday, 26 May 2026
1990 Actress Barbara Stanwyck dies in Santa Monica, California, at age 82. 
1990 At least 62 civilians were killed and more than 200 wounded when the Soviet army stormed into Baku to end what Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called fratricidal killing between Moslem Azerbaijanis and Christian Armenians.
1990 US 64th manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) returns from space.
1990 Barbara Stanwyck, [Ruby Stevens], actress (Big Valley), dies at 82
1991 "Black and Blue" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City NY after 829 performances
1991 "Les Miserables," opens at Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles
1991 "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City NY or 45 performances.
1991 "Shogun - The Musical" closes at Marquis Theater New York City NY after 72 performances
1991 Iraq pardes captured Allied airmen on TV
1991 Seven men identified as allied airmen captured during the Persian Gulf War were put on Iraqi television in Baghdad.
1991 US Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles
1991 Bill Riordon, US tennis promotor (Jimmy Connors), dies.
1992 Score begins selling international soccer cards.
1992 Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, sec-gen of Arab League (1952-72), dies.
1993 Admiral Studeman, serves as acting director of CIA.
1993 Bill Clinton inaugurated as 42nd President.
1993 Bill Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States
1993 Movie actress Audrey Hepburn dies of color cancer in Tolochenaz, Switzerland
1993 Oscar-winning actress Audrey Hepburn died of cancer at her home in Switzerland. She was 63.
1993 Audrey Hepburn, actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63.
1994 Shannon Faulkner is recorded as becoming the inaugural woman to join the cadet corps at The Citadel military academy in South Carolina
1994 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan vice-pres (1963-66), dies at about 81
1995 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike
1995 A strike-shortened National Hockey League season opened, with teams playing a 48-game schedule instead of the usual 84.
1995 Russian ruble drops to 3947 per dollar (record)
1995 The U.S. State Department announces a partial lifting of economic sanctions against North Korea.
1995 The United States announced it was easing the trade embargo in effect against North Korea since the Korean War
1995 John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81.
1996 Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup.
1996 Yasser Arafat was elected president of the Palestinian Authority, with 88 percent of the vote.
1996 Buster Benton, singer/guitarist, dies at 63.
1997 Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans LA on KKND 106.7 FM
1997 Millionaire Steve Fossett landed in northern India after a record-setting bid to become the inaugural person to circle the globe in a hot-air balloon.
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