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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1982 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs Leeward Islands. 
1982 PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
1982 Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90
1983 Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85.
1984 British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become inaugural skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships
1984 National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike.
1984 Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88.
1985 Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85.
1986 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange.
1986 Giotto encounters Comet Halley.
1986 In this year, Susan Butcher claims 1158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
1987 "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4000+ performances
1987 Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North.
1987 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.
1987 World Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova and Bukin (USSR).
1987 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (USSR)
1987 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic)
1987 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada)
1988 Billie Rhodes, dies
1989 15th People's Choice Awards
1989 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes are discovered (Philadelphia)
1989 In this year, Madagascar AREMA party claims parliamentary election.
1989 Maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87.
1990 Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland.
1991 5th Soul Train Music Awards.
1991 Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92
1992 Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84.
1993 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay.
1993 Entertainment Tonight's 3000th show
1993 Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2½ week speech.
1993 North Korea announced its withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
1993 Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62.
1994 Church of England ordains inaugural 33 women priests
1994 Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59.
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