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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1995 Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77 
1996 Newspapers reported that Microsoft had struck deals with several computer makers that would give it a significant advantage The companies would not be allowed to use Windows unless Microsoft's screen came up immediately when users logged on. Hey mine does
1996 Peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60
1996 Newspapers reported that Microsoft had struck deals with several computer makers that would give it a significant advantage: The companies would not be allowed to use Windows unless Microsoft's screen came up immediately when users logged on. Hey mine does
1997 High-speed modem makers and longtime rivals 3Com and Rockwell International tentatively agreed to end their bitter feud over technical standards
1997 Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at 67.
2007 19-year old Robert A. Hawkins shoots eight people dead and injures five at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, then commits suicide.
2012 8 people are killed and 12 injured by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in South Korea
2017 Russia is banned from the next Winter Olympics in South Korea over state-sponsored doping
2017 Austrian courts rule in favour of same-sex marriage from 2019.
2017 Netflix fires actor Danny Masterson from "The Ranch" after allegations of rape
2017 Online store Amazon begins operations in Australia
2017 Democratic representative John Conyers steps down from US Congress after allegations of sexual harrassment.
2017 In this year, Artist Lubaina Himid claims Britain's Turner Prize, oldest person at 63 and inaugural nonwhite woman.
2017 Russia is banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee, following an investigation into state-sponsored doping
2018 National day of mourning for former US President George H. W. Bush as he lies in state at the Capitol Rotunda, Washington.
2018 US state funeral for former president George H. W. Bush , eulogy by George W Bush, attended by President Donald Trump predecessors Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.
2018 CO2 emissions reach all-time high (up 2.7%) driven by coal use in China and consumption of oil, in Global Carbon Project report.
2018 Wisconsin Republican senate passes bills restricting power of new Democratic governor Tony Evers.
2018 Letter by Albert Einstein from 1954 on concept of religion sells for $2.9 million at Christie's in New York
2018 Arrest of Huawei Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou for possible violation of Iran sanctions in Canada.
2019 The 2019 Burundi landslide is reported to have caused at least 26 deaths.
2019 Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi asks the House Judiciary Committee to begin drafting the articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump.December 8 - A fire at a factory in Delhi, India, results in the deaths of 43 people and injures at least 50 others.
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] Russia begins mass vaccination against COVID-19 with the Sputnik V candidate.
2021 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony held for Joni Mitchell , Bette Midler , Berry Gordy , Lorne Michaels and Justino Diaz with President Biden attending in Washington D.C.
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