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Thursday, 19 February 2026
1979 Edith Craig, actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets), dies at 71 
1981 Aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists
1981 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Washington DC.
1981 Janear Hines, actress (Roberta-Julia), dies at 30.
1982 Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru.
1982 Philip K[indred] Dick, author (Hugo-1963, Dr Futurity), dies at 53.
1983 Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips and Sony introduced.
1983 Final episode of MASH; 125000000 viewers
1983 USSR performs underground nuclear test.
1984 Iran offensive against Iraq fails
1984 Louis Basile, actor (Louie-The Super), dies at 48
1985 US approves screening test for AIDS.
1985 John B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee, dies at 57
1986 English Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to US
1986 The British Queen signs a proclamation giving Australia legal independence.
1986 Marcel Liebman, Belgian historian, dies at 56.
1987 Randolph Scott, actor (Ft Worth, Gung Ho, Jesse James), dies at 89
1988 Dutch Liberal Party merged with SDP.
1989 12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000.
1989 Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117000 gallons of oil
1989 Madonna's "Like a Prayer" premieres on worldwide Pepsi commercial.
1989 New York Met Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez
1990 A grenade attack at a Panama discotheque results in the deaths of a US soldier and injures 28 other people
1990 Greyhound Bus goes on strike
1990 More than 6000 bus drivers go on strike against US transportation company Greyhound.
1991 UN votes in favor of US resolutions for cease fire with Iraq.
1991 Clark Mollenhoff, US journalist (Pulitzer Prize), dies.
1993 Claudette Colbert, suffers a stroke at 89
1993 Salman Rushdie divorces Marianne Wiggins
1993 Floortje Peneder, Dutch poet (Diary), dies at 15
1994 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcast; it is, but he doesn't
1994 Miami begins a latin walk of fame, inaugural star for Gloria Estefan
1994 William Natcher, (Representative-Democrat-KY), casts his 18401 and last consecutive vote.
1994 Donald McKenzie MacKinnon, philosopher, dies at 80
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