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Monday, 09 February 2026
1975 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova requests political asylum while in New York for the US Open 
1975 Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf), dies at 62.
1976 Russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet, many smiles in the US
1977 Guido Pannain, composer, dies at 85.
1978 Begin and Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace
1978 Jan Berger, Dutch politician, dies at 59
1979 Ronald Binge, composer, dies at 69
1981 Joseph Yasser, composer, dies at 88
1982 In this year, Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War".
1982 Polish dissidents seize the Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland
1983 USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2
1984 Country music artist Ernest Tubb dies at the age of 70.
1984 Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow
1984 E J Andre, actor (Eugene Bullock-Dallas), dies at 74.
1985 Jane Frazee, singer/actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia.
1986 Barbra Streisand's 1st live concert in 20 years
1986 USSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying.
1986 Blanche Sweet, US actress (DW Griffith movies), dies at 90
1987 Kurdish leaders appeal to the UN for protection from Iraqi attacks.
1987 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal.
1988 Crippled soviet Soyuz TM-5 lands safely with 2 cosmonauts aboard
1989 Amateur Atheletic Fed strips Ben Johnson of all track records
1990 Leonard Hutton, cricketer (79 Tests for England, 6971 runs), dies
1991 USSR recognizes independence of the 3 baltic republics
1993 Josephine Rich Corday, vaudevillian, dies of kidney failure at 79
1994 Duccio Tessari, Italian director, dies of cancer at 67.
1995 Cal Ripken, Baltimore Orioles shortstop, breaks Lou Gehrig's record by playing in 2131 consecutive games
1995 The Senate Ethics Committee recommends expulsion of US Senator Bob Packwood, accused of sexual misconduct
1995 Buster Mathis, heavyweight boxer, dies at 52.
1996 William James Moyce, armaments scientist, dies at 82.
1997 The funeral for Diana, Princess of Wales, is held at London's Westminster Abbey
1997 Philippe Rossillon, administrator, dies at 66
2007 A bomb explodes in Batna, Algeria as a crowd gathered to see Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Nineteen people died, while 107 were wounded by the attack.
2012 61 illegal immigrants die after a fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Turkey
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