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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1990 In this year, Lebanon releases hostage Robert Polhill. 
1990 Bertil Unger, actor (Devil and Max Devlin), dies
1991 In this year, Intel releases the 486SX chip.
1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show.
1991 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn and Queens.
1992 Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas at 34
1993 Andries Treurnicht, founder S Afr Conservative Party, dies at 72.
1994 Former President Richard Nixon dies.
1994 D Nauta, theologist/church historian/lawyer, dies at 96
1995 Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53.
1996 David Shipman, film historian, dies at 63.
2006 Jalal Talabani re-elected for a second term as President of Iraq
2006 War on Terror: Four Canadian soldiers are killed 75 kilometers north of Kandahar, Afghanistan by a roadside bomb - the worst one-day combat loss for the Canadian army since the Korean War
2007 The inaugural round of the French presidential election of 2007 takes place.
2012 30 year old women collapses and dies during London Marathon.
2013 6 people are killed in a shooting rampage in Belgorod, Russia.
2014 David Moyes is sacked as manager of Manchester United.
2017 Ilie Năstase thrown off tennis court for insulting British female players during Fed Cup play-off against Romania in Constanta.
2018 Bus crash in North Korea results in the deaths of 36, with most Chinese tourists
2018 Saudi-led coalition airstrike results in the deaths of more than 20 at a wedding in northwestern Yemen.
2018 Liverpool's Egyptian soccer forward Mohamed Salah is named Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year.
2018 In this year, Monte Carlo Tennis Masters: Rafael Nadal beats Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-2 to extend his Open-era record for most claims at the same event (11)
2018 Gunman opens fire at Waffle House in Nasville, Tennessee, killing four with James Shaw Jr. wrestling rifle from gunman's hands
2019 Marvel film "Avengers: Endgame" directed by Anthony and Joe Russo starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and an ensemble cast, premieres in Los Angeles
2020 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deploys the country's inaugural military satellite, using a new satellite carrier called "Ghased" ("Messenger")
2021 World leaders mark Earth Day by hosting a virtual summit on climate change, during which more ambitious targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions are proposed, including a 40% cut by 2030 for the United States.
2023 Editor of German magazine "Die Aktuelle" sacked after running a so-called interview generated by AI with FI racing driver Michael Schumacher [1].
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