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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin TX on KJFK 98.9 FM. 
1997 Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
1997 DMSP Titan 2 launched.
1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches
1998 NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season.
2007 Iran announced it will release the British sailors and marines that they captured on mar 23. The captives arrive back in the UK the next day.
2007 NATO and Afghan forces retake a key town from the Taliban in Sangin in southern Helmand Province.
2012 In this year, German Nobel Laureat, Gunter Grass, publishes controversial poem that claims Israel is plotting to wipe out Iran.
2013 74 people are killed after an illegally constructed building collapses in Thane, India.
2014 In this year, President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, claims that climate change will lead to battles over water and food within the next five to ten years.
2017 Chemical weapons attack on Khan Sheikhoun, Syria by Syrian government forces results in the deaths of more than 80 civilians
2017 Pink Star diamond sets world record price of $71 million for a gem at an action in Hong Kong.
2017 Alibaba is recorded as becoming the world's largest retailer according to US Securities and Exchange Commission
2018 21st Commonwealth Games open in the Gold Coast, Australia
2018 The 2018 Commonwealth Games are held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2019 Second Libyan Civil War: The Libyan National Army (LNA) launches a surprise offensive in western Libya, moving units towards the Government of National Accord-held capital Tripoli and capturing Gharyan. The LNA says that the operation, ordered by General Khalifa Haftar, is aimed at "cleansing the western zone from terrorist groups"
2021 In this year, ANA Inspiration Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand claims her inaugural LPGA Tour event by 2 strokes from NZ's Lydia Ko who cards a 10-under-par final round
2021 The 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election takes place.
2021 More than 270 people are killed in Indonesia and East Timor after Cyclone Seroja strikes East Nusa Tenggara and the island of Timor
2023 Former US president Donald Trump pleads not guilty in a NY court to 34 felony counts of falsifying documents related to 2016 hush money payments to a woman alleging they had an extramarital affair
2023 Finland is recorded as becoming the 31st member of NATO, doubling the alliance's border with Russia
2024 President Joe Biden warns Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu that the US could shift its policy if Israel does not immediately address humanitarian concerns in Gaza and work towards a ceasefire [1].
2024 Kuwaiti general election: Opposition candidates maintain a majority in the National Assembly
2025 22nd known lethal US military strike in international waters of suspected drug smuggling vessel results in the deaths of four in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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