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02/26/1981
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84 penalties (406 mins) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minn and Bost
Type: Event
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02/26/1981
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French Train … Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run
Type: Event
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02/26/1981
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FC Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79
Type: Death
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02/26/1981
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Howard Hanson, US composer/conductor (Nordic), dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/26/1981
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Munabi, assistant to Uganda president Obote, murdered
Type: Death
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02/26/1982
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Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, v Australia Wellington, run out 9
Type: Event
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02/26/1982
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Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45
Type: Death
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02/26/1983
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Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks
Type: Event
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02/26/1983
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Shortwave pirate Radio USA (Wellsville, NY) begins transmission
Type: Event
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02/26/1984
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Last US marines in multinatl peacekeeping force in Lebanon left Beirut
Type: Event
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02/26/1984
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Pak Awang (84) marries 80th spouse
Type: Event
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02/26/1984
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Rev Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called NYC, "Hymietown"
Type: Event
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02/26/1984
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Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, named 1st US poet laureate
Type: Event
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02/26/1985
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27th Grammy Awards: Whats Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper wins
Type: Event
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02/26/1986
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Evert van Benthem wins 14th Frisian 11-Cities skating race (6:55:16)
Type: Event
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02/26/1987
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1st release of Beatles compact discs
Type: Event
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02/26/1987
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NASA launches GEOS-H
Type: Event
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02/26/1987
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NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points is a Chicago Bull record
Type: Event
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02/26/1987
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Tower Commission probes Iran-Contra affair
Type: Event
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02/26/1987
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USSR resumes nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Type: Event
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02/26/1987
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Wash blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record
Type: Event
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02/26/1988
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Christa Rotherburger (GDR) skates ladies world record 1000m (1:17.65)
Type: Event
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02/26/1989
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"Jerome Robbins' Broadway" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 634 perfs
Type: Event
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02/26/1989
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Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am
Type: Event
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02/26/1989
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Lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (95.5 hPa)
Type: Event
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02/26/1989
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NY Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster
Type: Event
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02/26/1989
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Calif court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs
Type: Event
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02/26/1990
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USSR agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czech by July, 1991
Type: Event
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02/26/1990
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Cornell Gunther, US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53
Type: Death
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02/26/1990
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Leslie Ames, cricketer (47 Tests, 2434 runs 8 centuries), dies
Type: Death
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02/26/1990
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Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Assn), dies
Type: Death
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02/26/1990
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Scott Jarvis, musician (Great Expectationa), dies
Type: Death
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02/26/1991
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Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons v NZ (119 and 102)
Type: Event
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02/26/1991
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Bill Veeck and Tony Lazzeri elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Type: Event
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02/26/1991
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Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital
Type: Event
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02/26/1991
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NY-NJ Knights (WLAF) players 1st come together
Type: Event
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02/26/1992
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"Search and Destroy" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 46 perfs
Type: Event
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02/26/1992
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Irish Supreme Court rules 14 year old rape victim may get an abortion
Type: Event
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02/26/1992
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Gerrit Schulte, "Crazy Cyclist", Dutch 6-days bicyclist, dies at 76
Type: Death
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02/26/1992
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Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at 83
Type: Death
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02/26/1992
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S I Hayakawa, (Sen-R-Calif), dies of a stroke at 85
Type: Death
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02/26/1993
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2nd tallest building in world, NYC World Trade Center bombed, 7 die
Type: Event
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02/26/1993
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9th Soap Opera Digest Awards
Type: Event
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02/26/1993
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Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123
Type: Event
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02/26/1993
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Constance Ford, US actress (Another World, Burden Hunt), dies at 64
Type: Death
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02/26/1993
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Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81
Type: Death
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02/26/1993
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Mark Kolthoff, Dutch painter/photographer, dies at 92
Type: Death
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02/26/1994
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Actor Dolph Lundgren (34) weds Anette Qviberg in Stockholm
Type: Event
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02/26/1994
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St Louis Blues beat Ottawa Senators 11-1
Type: Event
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02/26/1994
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Creason Carbo Moss, daughter of US actor Ronn Moss
Type: Birth
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