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Monday, 02 February 2026
1983 Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65. 
1984 In this year, Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance claims elections.
1984 In this year, John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time".
1985 Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) and Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed.
1985 The most requested movie in history,"Gone With The Wind", went on sale in video stores across the U.S. for the inaugural time
1986 16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30100000.
1986 NASA announces searchers are discovered remains of Challenger astronauts.
1986 Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8030 km.
1986 Ned Calmer, TV host (In the inaugural Person), dies at 78.
1987 Chrysler Corporation offered to buy American Motors Corporation on this day.
1988 President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp
1988 Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83
1989 Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy
1989 Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary
1989 Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court
1989 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies at 42
1990 Dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as inaugural hispanic/female US surgeon general
1990 In St. John's Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord; approved by the previous Peckford administration; this will effectively kill the Accord.
1991 US 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit
1992 Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies.
1993 Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs
1993 Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies.
1994 IRA launch inaugural of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport.
1994 Charles Bukowski, author/poet, dies of leukemia at 73
1995 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
1995 In the Atlantic, Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin orders Canadian fisheries patrol vessel to seize a Spanish trawler for illegally taking undersized turbot outside Canada's 200-mile offshore limit
1995 Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record).
1995 President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, steps down
1995 Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79.
1996 Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77.
1997 Notorius B I G, [Biggie Small, Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24
2006 NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft discovers geysers of a liquid substance shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladus, signaling a possible presence of water.
2011 Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
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