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Monday, 23 February 2026
1989 Lance Pierre, cricketer (Test WI v Engl 1948, DNB, 7 overs 0-28), dies. 
1990 Martin Kessel, writer, dies on 89th birthday.
1992 "Guys and Dolls" opens at Martin Beck theater on Broadway.
1992 UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc.
1992 UN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect
1992 David Miller, dies of cancer at 82
1993 Jo Boer, Dutch painter/writer/author (Heir, dies at 85.
1994 Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered
1995 Brian Coffey, poet, dies at 89
1996 Benjamin "Zik" Azikiwe Nnamdi, politician, dies at 91.
2007 Retired chess champion Garry Kasparov is detained in Moscow for participating in a banned mar. United States President George W. Bush with Virginia Tech Student Government Association President James Tyger after his speech at the school's convocation.apr 16 - 32 people are killed in the Virginia Tech massacre on the premises of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
2013 20 people are killed in attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2017 Meethotamulla rubbish dump collapses onto houses in Colombo, Sri Lanka killing 26
2017 "The Fate of the Furious" directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson opens worldwide - highest-grossing weekend at $532 million.
2018 National Gardening Day, since 2018 and according to the National Day Calendar.
2018 Beyoncé is the inaugural black woman to headline the Coachella Music Festival, her performance on this day the most-watched performance ever on YouTube.
2018 US, UK and French forces carry out airstrikes on sites associated with Syria's chemical weapons program, in response to Douma gas attack
2018 Syrian Civil War: The United States, the United Kingdom and France order the bombing of Syrian military bases in response to the sarin attack allegedly by the Bashar al-Assad regime on civilians in Ghouta.
2019 In this year, 83rd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Tiger Woods claims his 5th Masters title by 1 stroke from Xander Schauffele, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka; Woods' 15th major and inaugural in 11 years.
2020 Barack Obama endorses his former Vice President Joe Biden for president
2020 PM Narendra Modi extends India's coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown until May 3.
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it expects the world economy to shrink 3%, the worst contraction since the Great Depression of the 1930s
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the U.S. will suspend funding towards the World Health Organization (WHO) pending an investigation of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship with China
2023 Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) to search for life in the Jovian system, with an expected arrival date of 2031
2024 88th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: World #1 golfer Scottie Scheffler beats Sweden's Ludvig Åberg by 4 strokes for his second Masters win in 3 years
2025 Father and son gunmen kill least 15 and wound dozens at a Jewish “Chanukah by the Sea” celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia; police kill the elder shooter [1]
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