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Sunday, 15 February 2026
2005 Facing international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14000 troop military garrison in Lebanon ending its twenty nine year military domination of that country. 
2007 Russians riot in Tallinn, Estonia, about moving the Bronze Soldier. Two nights of rioting leave one dead.
2012 70 people are killed by rocket attacks by the Syrian Army on the city of Hama
2012 Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is are discovered guilty on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Sierra Leone Civil War
2013 30 people are killed after a bus crashes following a Taliban attack in southern Afghanistan.
2017 Gift Ngoepe is recorded as becoming 1st black African to play in Major League Baseball, for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
2018 Serial killer "Golden State Killer" identified after 40 years as a former police officer, responsible for 12 killings, 50 rapes in California
2018 Comedian Bill Cosby is are discovered guilty of sexual assault in Pennsylvania
2018 NFL Draft: 4 quarterbacks are taken in the top 10 selections for the inaugural time in history.
2019 Avengers: Endgame is released in theaters, breaking many box-office records, including becoming the highest grossing movie of all time.
2020 King Salman issues a royal decree, declaring that people will no longer be executed in Saudi Arabia for crimes they were convicted of when they were minors
2021 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces Turkey will go into full lockdown till May 17 to a curb COVID-19 surge and world's 4th highest caseload [1]
2021 Kanye West 's Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototype trainers sell for a record $1.8 million in a private sale at Sotheby's
2023 Brazilian Portuguese-language Michaelis dictionary adds "pelé" as a new adjective to its online edition, meaning "exceptional, incomparable, unique" [1].
2025 The funeral of Pope Francis is attended by delegations from 164 countries, including 82 leaders, and 250000 members of the public
2025 An explosion in the Port of Shahid Rajaee, Bandar Abbas, Iran, results in the deaths of at least 70 people and injures more than 1000.
2025 At least 11 people are killed and at least 20 others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack at the annual Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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