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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Jan 13 Lamberto Dini is recorded as becoming prime minister of Italy. 
Jan 13 Philippine authorities unearth a plot by militant Muslims to assassinate Pope John Paul II during his visit.
Jan 13 The National Hockey League teams unanimously ratify agreement to end the players strike
Jan 14 10000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo.
Jan 15 Sollie McElroy, singer, dies at 61
Jan 15 Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334.
Jan 15 Western Washington begins using new area code 360.
Jan 16 Former federal minister Ros Kelly, brought down over her administration of sports grants, steps down from Australian parliament.
Jan 17 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan (5372 die).
Jan 17 A powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing more than 5000 people
Jan 17 Great Hanshin earthquake in Japan killing 6434 people
Jan 17 More than 6000 die as a magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Kobe, Japan
Jan 18 Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 91.
Jan 18 Kumble takes 16-99 in match for Karnataka vs Kerala.
Jan 18 Officials in Paris announced the discovery of a magnificent display of Paleolithic cave art in southern France.
Jan 18 Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia.
Jan 19 Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist, dies at 80
Jan 19 Jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg
Jan 19 Pope John Paul II beatifies Mother Mary McKillop before crowd of 120000 at Randwick racecourse in Sydney.
Jan 19 Russian forces captured the presidential palace in the rebel republic of Chechnya
Jan 20 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike
Jan 20 A strike-shortened National Hockey League season opened, with teams playing a 48-game schedule instead of the usual 84.
Jan 20 John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81
Jan 20 Russian ruble drops to 3947 per dollar (record)
Jan 20 The U.S. State Department announces a partial lifting of economic sanctions against North Korea.
Jan 20 The United States announced it was easing the trade embargo in effect against North Korea since the Korean War.
Jan 21 52th Golden Globes Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange, Brad Pitt.
Jan 21 Calgary Police charge Dorothy Joudrie with attempted murder after the shooting of her estranged husband, oil executive Earl Joudrie, at her home in Calgary
Jan 22 Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author, dies at 48
Jan 22 Rose Kennedy dies at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, at age 104
Jan 22 Twenty-one Israelis are killed and dozens injured in a suicide bombing in central Israel
Jan 22 Two Palestinians killed 18 Israeli soldiers, a civilian and themselves in a bombing outside a military camp in central Israel
Jan 23 British Columbia blocks Alcan's $1.3-billion (Canadian) Kemano power dam development, citing the threat to its salmon fishery.
Jan 23 Defence Minister David Collenette disbands the Canadian Airborne Regiment, effective March 5; after some of its soldiers were are discovered to be involved in the death of a Somali boy during the UN mission.
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