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Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Nov 26 Betico Croes, Arubian politician, dies in an accident at 48 
Nov 27 Steve Tracy, actor (Percival-Little House on Praire), dies at 61
Nov 28 Herb Vigran, actor (Ernest-Ed Wynn Show), dies at 76.
Nov 28 NBC’s Ahmad Rashad heard the acceptance of his marriage proposal from Phylicia Ayers-Allen during halftime of the Detroit Lions-New York Jets football game.
Nov 28 Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for inaugural time
Nov 29 Actor Cary Grant died on this day at the age of 82. Grant, one of the most debonair of Hollywood’s leading men, left us with many great cinematic performances.
Nov 29 Cary Grant, actor (Charades), dies in Davenport Iowa at 82
Nov 30 Cary Grant, Brit/US actor (Awful Truth, Charade, Father Goose), dies.
Dec 01 Horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85.
Dec 01 In this year, Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains".
Dec 02 Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer
Dec 04 Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89
Dec 05 Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer.
Dec 06 Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22.
Dec 10 Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize
Dec 10 Kate Wolf, folksinger (Back Roads), dies of leukemia at 44
Dec 11 Paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30
Dec 12 Microlite aircraft circles world non-stop
Dec 14 The experimental aircraft Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, takes flight from Edwards Air Force Base (CA) on the inaugural non-stop, self-contained (i.e., no aerial refueling) flight around the world
Dec 15 Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift.
Dec 15 CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure.
Dec 17 Richard Kuklinski, a suspect in several murders, is arrested by undercover agents at a truck stop off the New Jersey Turnpike, marking the culmination of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms' "Operation Iceman."
Dec 17 Ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer
Dec 17 Wayne Danke Schoen Newton won a $19.2 million judgment against NBC News, which had aired reports linking Newton to mob figures
Dec 18 Mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies
Dec 19 USSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile
Dec 20 White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach NY.
Dec 21 Over 50000 students demonstrate in Shanghai's Peoples Square, for democracy and freedom in China
Dec 22 Celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84
Dec 22 Quebec Court of Appeal declares that Article 58 or Bill 101 making French the sole languageauthorized on commercial signs is unconstitutional
Dec 23 Voyager completes global flight, Rutan and Yeager make around-the-world flight without refueling
Dec 24 French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released.
Dec 24 Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75.
Dec 26 Elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 84.
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