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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1981 British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper". 
1982 Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show".
1982 Chris Wallace is recorded as becoming co-anchor of the Today Show
1982 Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm.
1983 Criminal Code changes replace rape with 3 categories of sexual assault; equal protection to men and women; women allowed to charge their husbands with sexual assault
1984 "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV.
1985 Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89.
1986 David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs India at Adelaide
1986 Christopher Isherwood, British writer (Lions and Shadows), dies at 81.
1987 16 die in a train crash in Chase MD.
1987 Sixteen people die when a Washington-bound Amtrak train collides with Conrail locomotives in Chase, Maryland
1987 Thomas Stevens became inaugural man to bicycle around the world.
1987 F van Heek, Dutch sociologist, dies at 79
1989 Aircraft (VF-32) from USS John F. Kennedy shoot down 2 hostile Libyan Migs
1989 Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion.
1989 Two Libyan jets are shot down by US aircraft in the Mediterranen.
1989 US F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean.
1989 Vice President Bush is inaugural since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself President
1990 Canada defeats Czechoslovakia 2-1 to win World Junior Hockey title
1990 Alberto Lleras Camargo, president of Colombia (1945-46, 58-62), dies
1991 AT"T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable everyone wonders what happened.
1991 Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th
1991 Jan Krzystof Bielecki is recorded as becoming premier of Poland.
1991 Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78
1995 Denis Lortie released on parole after serving 10 years in prison for 1984 shooting in the Quebec National Assembly, where he killed three people
1995 Newt Gingrich (R) is recorded as becoming speaker of the House
1997 In this year, Canada claims the World Junior Hockey title in Switzerland.
1999 Former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as Governor of Minnesota.
2005 Death of Ali al-Haidri, Governor of Baghdad (assassinated)2006 Powers are transferred from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his deputy, Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, after Sharon suffers a massive hemorrhagic stroke.
2005 Death of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri, assassinated by gunmen
2006 The Texas Longhorns of the University of Texas beat the University of Southern California Trojans, 41-38 in a last minute touchdown by Texas quarterback Vince Young in the 2006 Rose Bowl
2006 Powers are transferred from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his deputy, Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, after Sharon suffers a massive hemorrhagic stroke.
2007 Nancy Pelosi is recorded as becoming the inaugural female speaker of the United States House of Representatives
2010 The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened.
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