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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1990 FHP "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister, dies. 
1991 Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church
1991 Jan Stenerud is recorded as becoming inaugural pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame
1991 Johnny van Doorn, Dutch writer/poet, dies at 46.
1992 Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect.
1992 José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 80.
1993 Brian Tobin sworn in as Premier of Newfoundland
1993 West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide
1993 Axel Von Dem Bussche, German aristocrat, dies.
1995 New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern.
1995 Bernardo Leighton, Chilian politician (1964-70), dies.
1996 "Les Miserables," opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg
1996 David Schultz, wrestler (Oly-Gold-84), killed by John Du Pont
1997 Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/the Rhine, dies at 83
1998 25th American Music Award Spice Girls and Babyface win
1998 Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip.
1998 President Clinton goes on TV and says "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.".
1998 President Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people, I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky".
1998 U.S. President Bill Clinton categorically denies having an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, saying "I did not have sexual relations with that woman ... Miss Lewinsky."
1998 S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
2001 Gujarat earthquake in India killing 20085 people.
2013 30 people are killed during a violent protest in Port Said, Egypt.
2014 56th Grammy Awards: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Lorde , and Daft Punk win
2018 Residents left without heat in -27C in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan after boiler breaks in main power station
2020 LA Lakers basketball legend Kobe Bryant dies in a helicopter crash in foggy conditions in the hills above Calabasas, southern California; considered one of the greatest players in the game's history.
2020 In this year, 62nd Grammy Awards: Billie Eilish claims 5 Grammys, including album, record and song of the year
2021 COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeds 100 million worldwide.[20].
2024 Israel-Hamas war: The UN's International Court of Justice rules that Israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, but formally ends short of ordering an immediate halt to operations.
2024 Tuvaluan general election: Kausea Natano, the incumbent Prime Minister of Tuvalu, loses reelection to Parliament.A month later, Feleti Teo was elected prime minister
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