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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1998 Elton John knighted 
1998 Henny Youngman, comedian (Take my wife please), dies at 92
1999 R and B artist Lauryn Hill picks up a record five Grammys, including Album of the Year and Best New Artist.
2011 Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103).
2013 10 Chadian soldiers and 28 Muslim insurgents are killed in conflict in Adrar des Ifoghas, Mali
2014 Pope Francis creates a second Secretariat with the power to audit any Vatican agency at any time
2018 UN Security Council passes resolution for 30 day ceasefire in Syria
2018 In this year, Winter Olympics: Ester Ledecka (Czech Rep) claims unprecedented gold medals in different sports (snowboard parallel giant slalom and earlier skiing's Super-G).
2019 91st Academy Awards: Best Picture "Green Book", Best Director Alfonso Cuarón, Best Actor Rami Malek , Best Actress Olivia Colman.
2020 Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein are discovered guilty of rape and a criminal sexual act in landmark case that ignited #MeToo movement
2020 Malaysia's 94-year old Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad steps down only to be reinstated later in the day as interim Prime Minister.
2020 US President Donald Trump begins a 2 day trip to India meeting Indian PM Narendra Modi
2020 The Pakatan Harapan coalition government of Malaysia collapses and is replaced by the Perikatan Nasional coalition. On 1 March 2020, Muhyiddin Yassin is sworn as 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia
2021 COVID-19 pandemic: the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative delivers its inaugural vaccines, delivering 600000 doses for health-care workers in Ghana.
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