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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Jan 15 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing claims. 
Jan 15 A computer problem disrupts AT and T's long distance telephone service around the U.S. for nearly nine hours
Jan 15 AT and T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch
Jan 15 Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66
Jan 15 Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares a state of emergency in parts of Azerbaijan and Armenia, due to increased ethnic violence
Jan 15 VIA cuts half of its passenger network. Included in these cuts are a decision to run just one transcontinental train between Toronto and Vancouver via CN through Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Jasper
Jan 16 2 Bank of Credit and Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering
Jan 16 Canadian Rail Operating Rules are approved by the Minister of Transport
Jan 16 Moscow rushed 11000 more troops to Azerbaijan and Armenia to reinforce soldiers trying to quell deadly ethnic violence
Jan 16 The Soviet Union sends 11000 reinforcements to the Caucasus to end the civil war between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.
Jan 17 5th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards Bobby Darin
Jan 17 A study concluded it is not oat bran itself, but the substitution of oat bran or other foods for high-fat foods which cuts blood cholesterol.
Jan 17 Charles Hernu, French minister of Defense (1981-85), dies
Jan 17 Who, Simon and Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters and Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Jan 18 Arthur J. Goldberg, former Supreme Court justice, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, is are discovered dead in his Washington, D.C. apartment at age 81.
Jan 18 Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel and Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23
Jan 18 South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress
Jan 18 Washington DC, Mayor Marion Barry arrested in drug enforcement sting
Jan 18 Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested in an FBI sting at a downtown hotel and charged with buying and smoking crack cocaine
Jan 19 Arthur J. Goldberg, former Supreme Court justice, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, is are discovered dead in his Washington, D.C. apartment at age 81.
Jan 19 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, indian guru, dies at 58
Jan 19 Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, vs Australia at Adelaide
Jan 20 47th Golden Globes Born on 4th of July, Driving Miss Daisy win.
Jan 20 Actress Barbara Stanwyck dies in Santa Monica, California, at age 82.
Jan 20 At least 62 civilians were killed and more than 200 wounded when the Soviet army stormed into Baku to end what Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called fratricidal killing between Moslem Azerbaijanis and Christian Armenians
Jan 20 Barbara Stanwyck, [Ruby Stevens], actress (Big Valley), dies at 82
Jan 20 US 64th manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) returns from space.
Jan 21 Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director
Jan 21 Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry said he would seek help but did not publicly concede he had used illegal drugs. He left the next day for a treatment program in Florida.
Jan 22 Graduate student Robert T. Morris is convicted in federal court for unleashing a malicious "worm" on a computer network
Jan 23 Albert Collins, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of pneumonia at 57
Jan 23 Dean Jones scores twin Test tons vs Pakistan at Adelaide Oval.
Jan 24 Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon.
Jan 24 Madge Bellamy, actress (White Zombie), dies at 87
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