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Saturday, 21 February 2026
1996 The Galileo probe plunges into Jupiter's atmosphere and finds it windier and drier than expected, with less helium and less lightning. 
1996 Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert, dies at 77.
1997 A weekend freeze cost Florida farmers at least 100 million dollars in crop losses. Winter vegetables in south Dade County and southwest Florida were hardest hit when temperatures dropped as much as 20 degrees in four hours Saturday night
1997 The Senate confirms President Clinton's nomination of Madeleine Albright, making her the inaugural female secretary of state in U.S. history
1997 Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist, dies at 73.
1998 Accused bomber Ted Kaczynski pleaded guilty to all counts against him in California and New Jersey. He was sentenced to life in prison on May 4
1999 Pope John Paul II arrived in Mexico City on a visit to Mexico and the United States.
2003 Snowboard pioneer Craig Kelly died in a British Columbia avalanche
2003 The Senate approved the nomination of former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge to be the inaugural secretary of home security by a 94-0 vote
2004 Allegations that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had accepted bribes damaged his credibility, a new poll showed. But, Sharon brushed aside the allegations and a source said no indictment was expected.
2006 Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in regulation and is second only to the legendary 1960s center Wilt Chamberlain, who had 100 points.
2007 A bombing in a market in Baghdad, Iraq results in the deaths of 88 people.
2013 A series of Baghdad car bombings kill 17 people
2014 Water vapour is detected on the dwarf planet Ceres
2017 Chile declares a State of Emergency and requests international assistance as wildfires rage out of control.
2017 Jared Kushner is sworn in as Senior Advisor to the President, Donald Trump.
2018 US government ends three-day shutdown after an agreement in Congress to extend funding.
2018 New Orleans Pelicans' DeMarcus Cousins has 44 points, 24 rebounds and 10 assists in 132-128 double-OT win over Chicago Bulls; 1st player since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1972) with 40+ points, 20+ rebounds and 10+ assists.
2020 China locks down the city of Wuhan and its 11 million people, in an effort to control the coronavirus COVID-19 with a then official death toll of 17 and over 500 people ill Learn More
2021 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the inaugural legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons, comes into effect.
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