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Monday, 09 February 2026
1958 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 
1958 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1958 RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star)
1958 Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at 64.
1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield CA
1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield Calif
1961 Revised version of the New Testament published
1961 George Weiss is recorded as becoming pres of NY Mets.
1961 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78
1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France.
1963 SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists
1964 Jack Ruby are discovered guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, and sentenced to death
1964 Jack Ruby, the Dallas nightclub owner who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is sentenced to die in the electric chair for his "murder with malice" of Oswald
1964 "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway NYC after 112 perfs.
1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany
1967 JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial.
1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA.
1968 Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies
1969 Ben Shahn, US painter, dies at 70
1971 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV
1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes.
1973 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland
1973 Murat B "Chic" Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72
1974 Quebec to make French the official language of the province.
1975 Susan Hayward, actress (Young and Willing), dies at 56
1976 In this year, Jockey Bill Shoemaker claims his 7000th race
1976 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1976 Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79.
1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead).
1978 Statistics Canada reports unemployment passed the 1000000 mark in February for the inaugural time not bad for a population of what 20 million
1979 Near Coast of Guerrero, Mexico a 7.6 earthquake was centered about 250 km south of Mexico City. At least five people were reported killed.
1979 In this year, Peter Lougheed 1928- claims third term in provincial election and so continues the Tory Blue Rule.
1980 Polish airliner crash results in the deaths of all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers).
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