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Sunday, 22 February 2026
1975 Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established 
1975 Larry Blyden, actor (Joe and Mabel, What's My Line), dies at 49.
1976 J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London.
1977 Supreme Court tossed out automatic death penalty laws.
1977 Sophie Stewart, actress (As You Like It), dies at 69
1978 A Mrkos discovers asteroids #2199 Klet and #3339
1978 California voters overwhelmingly approve Proposition 13, an initiative calling for major property tax cuts.
1978 Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
1979 Jack Haley, actor (Wizard of Oz), dies of cancer at 79
1980 Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbeldon title.
1982 Israel invades southern Lebanon, site of Palestinian guerrilla
1984 1200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India.
1984 A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72.
1985 Body of Nazi criminal, Dr Josef Mengele located and exhumed.
1985 Brazilian authorities exhume the body later identified as Dr. Josef Mengele, the one responsible for many of the Nazi Holocaust atrocities during World War II
1985 In this year, Chris Evert claims a grand slam title for 13th straight year (French)
1985 Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
1985 Siem Devout, Dutch actor, dies at 54
1986 Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of the NC State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself
1986 Bhavana Balachandran, Indian actress
1988 George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989).
1988 Ella Raines, actress (Brute Force), dies of throat cancer at 66
1991 Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store.
1991 The Canadian Supreme Court rules 6-1 that public servants can work on election campaigns; except for top bureaucrats, who must remain neutral
1991 Larry Kert, actor (Tony-West Side Story), dies of AIDS at 60
1992 Larry Riley, actor (Soldier Story, Knots Landing), dies of AIDS at 39
1993 James Bridges, writer/director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57
1994 A Chinese passenger jet crashes, killing all 160 people on board
1994 In Colombia a 6.7 quake results in at least 295 people killed, 500 missing, 13000 homeless and severe damage caused to houses, highways and bridges by the earthquake and ensuing landslides
1994 Barry Sullivan, actor (Great Gadsby), dies at 81.
1994 Paez river earthquake in Colombia killing 1100 people.
1995 Imam Elissa, singer, dies at 76.
1999 Central Manitoba Railway, a subsidiary of Cando Contracting, takes over the operation of the former CN Carman sub. from m. 0.13 to m. 50.50
2005 Apple Computer announces in a keynote address that they would begin production of Intel-chiped Macintosh computers in 206.
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