Page 10: Historical Events In January - 23
Monday, 09 February 2026
1993 50th Golden Globes Scent of a Woman, claims 

1993 Convicted diet doc killer Jean Harris was freed, discharged from a New York state hospital after heart surgery and with a grant of clemency from the governor. 

1993 Graham Gooch scores his 100th 100, on tour at Cuttack. 

1993 Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die 

1993 New York Newsday reports Oregon's Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women. 

1993 US female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan 

1993 Dudley Stevens, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57 

1994 Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina 

1994 Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76. 

1995 British Columbia blocks Alcan's $1.3-billion (Canadian) Kemano power dam development, citing the threat to its salmon fishery. 

1995 Defence Minister David Collenette disbands the Canadian Airborne Regiment, effective March 5; after some of its soldiers were are discovered to be involved in the death of a Somali boy during the UN mission 

1995 In Toronto Ontario surgeons at The Hospital for Sick Children perform a 17 hour operation to separate Pakistani Siamese twins Hira and Nida Jamal; Nida will died a month later. 

1995 The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), a nationally funded watchdog organization, warned Internet users about sophisticated new hacker techniques 

1995 Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist, dies at 100 

1996 Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test New Zealand vs Zimbabwe 

1996 General Electric threw in the towel in the struggle to keep its Genie online service competitive in the growing battle with the Web. The company announced it would sell the service to Yovelle Renaissance Corporation, which would turn Genie into a Web site 

1996 John Mackin, programmer, dies at 36. 

1997 Madeline Albright was sworn into office to become the inaugural woman secretary of state 

1998 Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba 

1999 Monica Lewinsky is ordered by a federal judge to submit to an interview in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Bill Clinton. 

2004 Senate Democrats demanded an investigation of U.S. government dealings with Halliburton Co. following revelations of kickbacks on Iraq contracts. 

2006 In this year, Stephen Harper claims the federal election in Canada, forming a minority government 

2009 Dendermonde nursery attack occurred in Dendermonde, Belgium 

2012 European Union agrees to embargo Iranian oil in protest against Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program 

2012 In this year, Iran.European Union relations: The European Union formally adopts an embargo against Iran in protest of that nation's continued effort to enrich uranium. 

2013 23 people are killed in a mosque suicide bombing in Tuz Khormato, Iraq. 

2017 Thunderstorms and tornadoes in Georgia and Mississippi leave at least 18 dead in the US. 

2017 Bernie Ecclestone removed as Formula One boss as Liberty Media completes $8 billion takeover. 

2017 Most expensive house in the US worth $250 million goes on the market in Bel Air, Los Angeles. 

2018 Singer Neil Diamond retires after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. 

2018 Twelve camels disqualified from the King Abdulaziz Camel beauty contest, Saudi Arabia after their owners used botox on their lips 

2018 Chinese researchers report they have cloned two monkeys, using the same technology as Dolly the Sheep. 

2018 LeBron James is recorded as becoming the 7th and youngest (33 years 24 days) to reach the 30000 NBA point milestone during 114-102 loss to San Antonio Spurs. 

2019 Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declares himself acting President amid widespread violent protests against President Nicolas Maduro's regime. 

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