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Monday, 05 January 2026
1973 On this day in history alan Lisette, cricketer (took 3 wickets in 2 Tests for NZ 1956), dies 
1975 On this day in history fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England
1975 Larry Fine, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 72 on January - 24.
1976 George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest on this day in history.
1977 5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid on January - 24.
1978 On this day in history a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite disintegrates as it falls into the atmosphere, spreading radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.
1978 A Russian satellite accidently crashes in Canada's Northwest Territory on January - 24.
1978 Nuclear-powered USSR satellite Cosmos 954 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrates over the Northwest Territories, scattering radioactive debris over the barrens east of Great Slave Lake; Canadian Armed Forces launches operation to recover debris; USSR later pays Canada $3 million under a UN treaty covering costs of cleanup on January - 24.
1979 On January - 24 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51 on January - 24.
1980 On January - 24 north of Livermore Valley, California s 5.9, earthquake injured 44 people and caused and estimated $11.5 million in property damage (of which, $10 million damage occurred at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory at Livermore
1981 On this day in history kim Hughes scores 213 vs India at Adelaide
1983 On January - 24 hulk Hogan pins the Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title
1983 Oaxaca, Mexico a 7.0 earthquake occured. Damage in the Juchitan area and slight damage in the Mexico City area. Felt strongly in southeastern Mexico on this day in history.
1983 On January - 24 george Cukor, director, dies of stroke & heart attack at 83
1984 ABC network agrees to pay $386 million for US TV rights to the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics; a record sum to that date; CTV will handle the Canadian feed on January - 24.
1984 On January - 24 apple Computer Inc unveils its Macintosh personal computer
1984 On January - 24 apple unveils its Macintosh personal computer, the first with a graphical interface
1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched on this day in history.
1985 Penny Harrington is sworn in as the first woman police chief of a major American city (Portland, OR) on this day in history.
1985 On January - 24 the space shuttle 'Discovery' is launched on its first military mission
1986 43rd Golden Globes Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win on this day in history.
1986 On January - 24 south Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president
1986 On January - 24 the NASA space probe Voyager Two passes within 50,679 miles of Uranus.
1986 Voyager 2 makes first fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history gordon MacRae, singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64
1987 61st Australian Women's Tennis H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76) on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1988 Ben Johnson named the Associated Press (AP) male athlete of the year, the first Canadian track athlete so honoured on January - 24.
1988 First WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins on January - 24.
1988 Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91 on January - 24.
1989 On January - 24 serial killer Ted Bundy is put to death in Florida's electric chair.
1989 On January - 24 the first reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex
1989 Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42 on this day in history.
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