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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Apr 25 Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY. 
Apr 25 Near Coast of Guerrero, Mexico a 6.8 quake killed 3 people, and few injured and some damage at Mexico City
Apr 26 AT and T announces NJ's 201 area code will split into 908 and 201.
Apr 26 Lucille Ball comedienne/actress dies at 78 of a massive heart attack
Apr 26 Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78
Apr 26 Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany.
Apr 27 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China.
Apr 27 Mandatory seatbelt law comes into force in Italy
Apr 28 Olaff J de Landell [JB van Sparwoude], Dutch writer, dies at 77
Apr 30 Critics Siskel and Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show
Apr 30 Sergio Leone, Italian director (Good, Bad and Ugly), dies at 60
Apr 30 US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup.
May 01 135 acre Disney's MGM studio officially opens to the public.
May 01 David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered.
May 01 US Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non-discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting.
May 03 Christine Jorgensen, 1st transsexual, dies at 62
May 04 US launches Magellan to Venus
May 04 US space shuttle STS-30 launched
May 04 White house aide Oliver North is convicted of charges from the Iran-Contra affair The three convictions are later overturned on appeal.
May 05 Frank Easton, cricket wicketkeeper (NSW 1933-39), dies.
May 05 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY.
May 06 Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space)
May 07 Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65
May 07 Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 minutes in Nepal at 21030 feet
May 07 On the Burma-China Border Region a 5.6 quake killed at least 1 person, 91 injured and 5300 houses destroyed in the Gengma area, China
May 07 Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency.
May 08 In this year, Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" and "Ferry Cross the Mersey".
May 08 US space shuttle STS-30 lands.
May 09 Journalists petition Chinese Government for freedom of press
May 09 Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33
May 09 Vice President Dan Quayle says in United Negro College Fund speech "What a waste it is to lose one's mind" instead of "a mind is terrible thing to waste".
May 09 Vice President Dan Quayle says in United Negro College Fund speech: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind" instead of "a mind is terrible thing to waste".
May 10 General Manuel Noriega's Government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin.
May 10 In this year, FC Barcelona claims 29th Europe Cup II.
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