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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1998 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life 
1999 RailAmerica Inc. takes over the operation of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway from CP. The new company, known as E and N Railway Company (1998) Ltd, purchased the line between Port Alberni and Nanaimo and leased the section from Victoria to Nanaimo
2006 A powerful, magnitude 6.9 earthquake centered off the coast of the Greek island of Kythera shakes much of Greece and is felt throughout the eastern Mediterranean basin.
2007 Russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany, and Ukraine are cut as the Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates; restored 3 days later.
2010 The Togo national football team is involved in an attack in Angola, and as a result withdraws from the Africa Cup of Nations.
2011 Attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store results in the deaths of 6 and wounds 13, including Giffords.
2013 130 wildfires across Australia’s east coast force thousands to evacuate their homes
2014 40th People's Choice Awards: Johnny Depp and Sandra Bullock win (Movie Star) and Josh Charles and Stana Katić win (Dramatic TV)
2017 74th Golden Globes: "Moonlight", Casey Affleck and Isabelle Huppert win
2018 US record year for cost of natural disasters announced - $306 billion in 2017.
2018 Self-declared republic of Somaliland passes its inaugural ever law against rape.
2018 College Football National Championship, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta: #4 Alabama beats #3 Georgia, 26-23.
2020 US singer Justin Bieber reveals he has Lyme disease, an infectious disease spread by ticks
2020 Persian Gulf crisis: Iran launches ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases hosting American soldiers, injuring multiple personnel.
2020 Persian Gulf crisis: Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 is mistakenly shot down by Iran's armed forces shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini Airport, killing all 176 people on board
2021 Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declares a state of emergency for Tokyo and surrounding areas after COVID-19 cases surge to their highest level
2021 In this year, US Speaker Nancy Pelosi formally claims President Donald Trump 's resignation or he will face impeachment, while also calling for vice-president Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him
2023 Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attack Brazilian government buildings including the High Court and Presidential Palace, with over 1500 later arrested [1]
2023 The Beninese parliamentary election is held, with the Progressive Union for Renewal party winning a plurality of seats
2023 Following the 2022 Brazilian general election and the inauguration of Lula da Silva as President of Brazil, supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court and the Presidential Palace of Planalto
2024 Pope Francis says surrogate motherhood should be banned calling it "despicable" for commercializing pregnancy [1].
2024 conflict in Ecuador: Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declares a state of emergency following the escape of Los Choneros drug cartel leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar from prison. The military was deployed onto the streets and into prisons, while setting a national nighttime curfew
2025 magnitude 7.5 earthquake off of Japan's northeast coast leads to building damage and triggers a brief tsunami warning.
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