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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1989 NY Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from SD Yacht Club for using a catamaran against NZ. Appeals court eventually overrules. 
1989 Soviet sub sinks in Norweign Sea, with about a dozen deaths.
1989 Tikhon Toropets, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint, dies at 123(?).
1990 30 die when a ferry flips over in Burma
1990 Farm Aid IV concert
1990 Fire results in the deaths of 110 on a ferry in Norway,.
1990 John Poindexter (Natl Sec Advisor) are discovered guilty on Iran-Contra scandal.
1990 Michael Milken pleads innocent to security law violations.
1992 Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72
1993 Max Croiset, Dutch actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at 80
1994 Agathe Uwilingiyimana, PM of Rwanda, assassinated.
1995 Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb, architect, dies at 68
1996 Ian Spurling, ballet designer, dies at 59
2005 In this year, A suicide bomber blows himself up in Cairo's Khan al Khalili market, killing two foreign tourists and wounding seventeen others. A group called "Islamic Pride Brigades" claims responsibility.2009 Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for oering killings and kidnappings by security forces
2005 MG Rover, the UK's sole remaining volume producer goes into receivership after a planned alliance with Chinese manufacturer, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation collapses
2009 Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for oering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
2010 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev flees Bishkek amid fierce rioting, sparking a sociopolitical crisis. Former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva is placed at the head of an interim government as the opposition seizes control.
2012 Joyce Banda is recorded as becoming President of Malawi.
2013 15 people, including 9 children, are killed by an air strike on Aleppo by the Syrian Air Force
2017 Truck driven into a department store in Stockholm, killing 4 in a terror attack.
2017 US President Donald Trump orders missile strike on Syrian airfield after chemical weapons attack on Khan Sheikhoun
2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Electric Light Orchestra, Joan Baez, Yes, Tupac Shakur , Journey, and Pearl Jam.
2018 Suspected gas attack on Douma by Syrian government airforce results in the deaths of more than 40 people and injuries more than 500
2018 Canadian Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team involved in a bus crash outside Tisdale, Saskatchewan that results in the deaths of 16.
2019 US President Donald Trump announces Kisrtjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security is leaving her position
2019 Retiring NBA legends Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas) and Dwyane Wade (Miami) play their final home games, both victories; Magic Johnson sensationally quits as LA Lakers president of basketball operations; Houston Rockets convert NBA record 27 three-point field goals in 149-113 win over Phoenix
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] Japan declares a state of emergency in response to COVID-19 and finalises a stimulus package worth 108 trillion yen (US$990 billion), equal to 20% of the country's GDP
2024 Larry David 's comedy TV show "Curb Your Enthusiasm" ends after 12 seasons.
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