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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
2006 As many as 1800 people die when a mudslide occurs on Leyte Island in the Philippines 
2012 The President of Germany, Christian Wulff, steps down over a corruption scandal
2013 37 people are killed and 130 are injured in a series of Baghdad car bombings
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon premieres on NBC.
2017 Discovery of a new mostly underwater continent Zealandia in the South Pacific announced in research journal "GSA Today".
2018 3 suicide bombers kill 18 in Konduga, north-east Nigeria.
2019 61st Daytona 500: Joe Gibbs Racing goes 1-2-3; Denny Hamlin holds off reigning Cup Series champion Joey Logano and teammate Kyle Busch to win his 2nd Great American Race
2020 Amazon boss Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to help fight climate change
2020 Laureus World Sports Awards, Berlin, Germany: Sportsman: Lewis Hamilton and Lionel Messi ; Sportswoman: Simone Biles ; Team: South Africa National Rugby Union team.
2023 The South African Navy hosts a ten-day joint military exercise in the Indian Ocean with Russia and China
2025 26th US military lethal strike in international waters of a suspected drug smuggling vessel results in the deaths of four.
2025 Thousands of dinosaur footprints dating back 210 million years are are discovered on a mountain in Stelvio National Park in northern Italy [1]
