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Wednesday, 11 February 2026
1983 Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off 
1983 Syria and Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli
1983 World's greatest robbery-œ25000000 of gold, Heathrow, England
1984 William Schroeder, is recorded as becoming 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart.
1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal.
1987 Harold Washington 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87), dies at 65.
1987 Anton F Pieck, illustrator (1001 Nights), dies at 92.
1988 Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges.
1988 Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed.
1988 US and Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson and Akhmilovskaya wed.
1988 Widespread earthquake hits NE US, Canada; no damage reported.
1989 Frank M Thomas, actor (Behind the Headlines, M'Liss), dies
1990 Bill Vukovich Indie 500 driver, dies in crash at 27.
1990 In this year, Lech Walesa claims in Poland's 1st popular election
1990 Bill Vukovich, Indie 500 driver, dies in crash at 27
1991 Eleanor Audley, voice (Wicked Stepmother-Cinderella), dies at 86.
1993 Anthony Burgess, novelist (Clockwork Orange), dies of cancer at 76
1994 Thanks to an ill-fated decision to acquire Columbia Pictures, electronics giant Sony Corp. floundered through the early 1990s, and the company's woes threatened to grow worse when founderAkio Morita announced his decision to step down as CEO
1994 Arthur Ballard, artist, dies at 79.
1995 Ambrose Thibodeaux, cajun accordionist, dies at 92
1996 America Online announced it would sell its WebCrawler search engine to Excite
1996 Buoyed by booming confidence in the dollar, as well as dwindling interest rates on U.S. Treasury Bonds, the Dow charged past the magic 6.500 point for the inaugural time in history.
1996 Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer, dies at 79.
1997 Charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter), dies of heart attack at 54
1998 Flip (Clerow) Wilson Emmy Award-winning comedy writer died.
2006 In this year, Steve Bracks claims the Victorian state election.
2007 A European Parliament election will take place in Romania.
2007 Nawaz Sharif makes a second attempt to return to Pakistan along with his brother Shahbaz Sharif and other family members
2007 Parliamentary elections is held in Croatia.
2007 Riots continue for a second night in Val-d'Oise, France following the death of two youths in a motorcycle collision with a police vehicle
2011 Sudden violent storms strike southern Sri Lanka, killing 27 people and drowning many fishermen caught by surprise. Thousands of homes lose their roofs and several more sustain damage. Landslides along with flooding was reported on the mainland
2012 11 people are killed and 30 are wounded by twin car bombs hitting a Protestant church in Nigeria
2012 Typhoon Bopha, known as "Pablo" in the Philippines, results in the deaths of at least 1067 with around 838 people still missing. The typhoon caused considerable damage in the island of Mindanao
2014 US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel steps down, ending nearly two years in the Pentagon's top job.
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