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Saturday, 21 February 2026
Nov 26 Euphemia MacDonald May Moxon, dance producer, dies at 91. 
Nov 27 George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76.
Nov 29 The media reported that MTV Networks was demanding fees from online services that linked to their sites.
Nov 29 Volkswagen executive Jose Ignacio Lopez resigned on this day under charges of industrial espionage from General Motors, his former employer.
Nov 30 Dan Flavin, minimalist sculptor, dies at 63
Dec 01 A volcano erupts in eastern Zaire, spewing a plume of ash and lava into the air
Dec 01 Barbak Karmal, politician, dies at 67.
Dec 01 Chemin de fer Baie des Chaleurs, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Quebec Railway Corporation, commences operation over the former CN line beween Matapedia and Chandler, Que
Dec 01 In a move that led to a public-relations disaster, America Online shifted to a flat $19.95-per-month fee for unlimited access
Dec 02 Penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at 76.
Dec 03 Babrak Karmal, PM of Afghanistan (1980-81), dies
Dec 04 Basil Nield, judge/politician, dies at 83.
Dec 05 Newspapers reported that Microsoft had struck deals with several computer makers that would give it a significant advantage The companies would not be allowed to use Windows unless Microsoft's screen came up immediately when users logged on. Hey mine does.
Dec 05 Newspapers reported that Microsoft had struck deals with several computer makers that would give it a significant advantage: The companies would not be allowed to use Windows unless Microsoft's screen came up immediately when users logged on. Hey mine does.
Dec 05 Peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60
Dec 06 Bryan Clieve Roberts, lawyer/civil servant, dies at 83.
Dec 07 Eugene Izzi, mystery writer, hangs himself at 43
Dec 08 Howard E Rollins Jr, actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46
Dec 09 Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician, dies at 87.
Dec 11 Herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93
Dec 14 Alan Hargreaves, climber, dies at 92.
Dec 15 Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74
Dec 16 IBM announced on this day in 1996 it would stop selling computers that used that PowerPC chip and ran Windows NT. IBM, Motorola, and Apple had teamed up to challenge Intel Corporation's dominance in chips and Microsoft's near monopoly on operating systems.
Dec 17 Elizabeth Hill, teacher of Salvonic languages, dies at 96.
Dec 17 Intel Corporation and the Energy Department announced the development of a high-speed computer capable of performing more than one trillion calculations per second.
Dec 18 Arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at 74.
Dec 19 Marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72
Dec 20 Amata Kabua, Pres of Marshall Islands (1979-96), dies.
Dec 21 Margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at 90
Dec 22 Brett Hull is recorded as becoming the 24th player in NHL history to score 500 goals when he notches a hat trick in the St. Louis Blues' 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.
Dec 22 Hetta Empson, artist, dies at 81
Dec 23 Rina Ketty, singer, dies at 85
Dec 24 Edward Leadbitter, politician, dies at 77
Dec 26 Six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey is are discovered beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's Boulder, Colorado, home. The killing remains unsolved.
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