Page 9: Historical Events In March - 26
Thursday, 05 February 2026
1986 Geffen records signs Guns and Roses. 

1986 Bartlett Robinson, actor (Wendy and Me, Mona McCluskey), dies at 73. 

1987 Hyderabad beat Delhi on inaugural innings to win Ranji Trophy. 

1987 NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it failed to reach orbit 

1987 Walter Abel, actor (Suspicion), dies at 88 

1989 In this year, Allison Finney claims LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic. 

1989 inaugural free elections in USSR 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin claims. 

1990 62nd Academy Awards "Driving Miss Daisy", Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win 

1990 International Chrysis, Transvestite actor (Q and A), dies of cancer at 38. 

1990 62nd Academy Awards: "Driving Miss Daisy", Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win 

1991 Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street and Lexington Ave, New York NY. 

1991 Victoria beat New South Wales by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final 

1991 Frans Dohmen, union leader (Neth Catholic Mine Workers), dies at 81 

1992 Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington. 

1992 NHL New York Rangers clinch inaugural NHL regular season championship in 50 years 

1993 Luis Falco, US choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50 

1994 Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman 

1994 Constantine Koukouchkine, Russ diplomat. murdered in Algeria at 41 

1995 15th Golden Raspberry Awards Color of Night claims 

1995 24th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nanci Bowen 

1995 Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup 

1995 Ottawa passes legislation ordering 30000 striking railway employees back to work. 

1995 Rapper-E (Eazy Eric Wright), dies at 31 

1995 15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night claims. 

1996 Canada's Anik E-1 communications satellite suffers electronic fault in Space, loses 50% of its capacity. 

1996 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Queensland vs Victoria). 

1996 (Elizabeth Cissie) Charlton, football matriarch, dies at 83. 

1997 NHL announce Might Ducks and Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan. 

2005 The Taiwanese government called on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of Mainland China. Around 2000 to 3000 attended the walk. 

2006 The ban on smoking in public places such as bars and restaurants comes into effect in Scotland 

2010 The ROKS Cheonan, a South Korean Navy ship carrying 104 personnel, sinks off the country's west coast, killing 46. In May, an independent investigation blames North Korea, which denies the allegations. 

2012 Macky Sall elected as President of Senegal 

2014 Taavi Rõivas is recorded as becoming Prime Minister of Estonia. 

2017 Anti-corruption protests in Russia result in hundreds arrested including opposition leader Aleksei Navalny 

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