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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Nov 27 Buck Leonard, Hall of Famer in Negro League, dies at 90 
Nov 28 Netscape disputes browser figures by countering Dataquest's estimates that said that Microsoft was gaining ground in the browser market.
Nov 28 Online music retailer CDNow filed for an IPO on this day in 1997
Nov 29 Coleman Young, 1st black mayor of a major city, dies at 79.
Nov 30 Clare Lucy Madeleine Evans, historian, dies at 37
Dec 03 Marian Kratochwil, artist, dies at 91.
Dec 04 David Abell Wood, priest, dies at 72.
Dec 05 Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at 67
Dec 05 High-speed modem makers and longtime rivals 3Com and Rockwell International tentatively agreed to end their bitter feud over technical standards.
Dec 06 Alan Mouncer, film director/producer, dies at 68
Dec 08 The Carlton Trail Railway (Omnitrax) takes over the operation of the following CN lines in north western Saskatchewan Warman Junction to just north of Prince Albert. Speers Junction to Meadow Lake.
Dec 08 The Carlton Trail Railway (Omnitrax) takes over the operation of the following CN lines in north western Saskatchewan: Warman Junction to just north of Prince Albert. Speers Junction to Meadow Lake
Dec 09 Natalie Meadowcroft and Dan Meadowcroft are Married in Las Vegas, Nevada. "May their love last forever".
Dec 09 Tamara Geva, dancer, dies at 91.
Dec 11 Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson of federal district court issues preliminary injunction forcing Microsoft to stop, at least temporarily, requiring manufacturers to install its Internet Explorer on PCs.
Dec 11 Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73
Dec 14 Owen Barfield, philosopher of language, dies at 99.
Dec 15 Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98
Dec 17 Microsoft and Silicon Graphics Inc ended their conflict over the display of three-dimensional graphics online. The companies had engaged in a long battle over technical standards, which delayed development of graphics technology.
Dec 17 Reginald Victor Jones, scientist, dies at 86
Dec 18 Chris Farley, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy), dies at 33
Dec 19 David Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52.
Dec 20 Dawn Steel, film maker (When Harry Met Sally), dies at 51.
Dec 21 Bruce Woodcock, boxer, dies at 76.
Dec 22 Coca-Cola went Christmas shopping on this day and came home with a rather hefty present Orangina, the "sparkling" French beverage formerly owned by Pernod Richard.
Dec 22 Coca-Cola went Christmas shopping on this day and came home with a rather hefty present: Orangina, the "sparkling" French beverage formerly owned by Pernod Richard
Dec 22 Dawn Steel, producer/pres (Col TriStar), dies of brain tumor at 51
Dec 23 Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90
Dec 24 Alan Fluck, musical educationalist, dies at 69.
Dec 26 John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81
Dec 27 Brendan Gill, journalist, dies at 83
Dec 28 George Fleming, cyclist, dies at 80.
Dec 29 (Hanlon) Pat Clarke, cyclist, dies at 82
Dec 29 Kmart announces the closure of 10 stores across Canada; finding it difficult to compete against WalMart
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