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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1995 STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit 
1995 John Pinsent, classical scholar, dies at 72.
1996 Audrey Meadows, actress (Alice-Honeymooners), dies at 69.
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit MI on WKRK 97.1 FM.
1997 Anthony Cuthbert Baines, writer/curator, dies at 84.
1998 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, violates probation with 14 year-old father of her baby.
1998 Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain
1998 US military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, results in the deaths of 20
1998 Karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38
2000 Natalie Rasmussen and Ryan Crump start dating
2007 A truck bombing in a crowded Baghdad market results in the deaths of at least 135 people and injures a further 339 others.
2007 State of Emergency is declared in Indonesia after 'El Nino'-like flooding
2007 The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is are discovered at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm in Suffolk
2010 The sculpture L'Homme qui mare I by Alberto Giacometti sells in London for £65 million (US$103.7 million), setting a new world record for a work of art sold at auction
2011 All available blocks of IPv4 internet addresses are officially distributed to regional authorities
2013 33 people are killed by a suicide bombing by an explosive-packed truck in Kirkuk, Iraq.
2014 2 students are shot and killed in a school shooting in Moscow.
2018 Moscow has its heaviest snowfall in a day on record, killing one and bringing down 2000 trees.
2019 Pope Francis arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on the inaugural ever papal visit to the Arabian peninsula.
2019 Pope Francis arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, becoming the inaugural pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula.
2020 inaugural Democratic caucus in Iowa won narrowly by Pete Buttigieg (most delegates) and Bernie Sanders (most votes) after lengthy delays and irregularities in reporting the results.
2021 US President Joe Biden signs executive orders to reunite immigrant families, setting up a new taskforce to address around 1000 remaining separated families [1]
2023 A Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derails in East Palestine, Ohio. Multiple train cars burn for more than two days, followed by emergency crews conducting a controlled burn of several additional cars, releasing hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the atmosphere.February 5 - The Cypriot presidential election is held, with Nikos Christodoulides elected president.
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