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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1988 Barge sinks near Anacortes WA, spills 70000 gallons of oil. 
1989 Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80
1990 George Cohon, head of Canadian franchise subsidiary opens inaugural McDonald's fast-food restaurant in Pushkin Square, the world's biggest McDonald's Moscow Russia
1990 McDonald's opens its inaugural fast-food restaurant in Moscow
1990 The inaugural ever all-sports daily "The National" begins publishing.
1991 An earthquake measuring 6.6 occurs in the Hindu Kush Region . Estimated 200-400 people killed, many injured and many homes destroyed or damaged in Konar, Nangarhar and Badakhshan Provinces, Afghanistan.
1991 Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia (ends after 3 days)
1991 Robert Gibson flies record 27040 feet altitude
1992 MTA raised tolls on most New York City NY bridges from $2.50 to $3.00
1992 Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires.
1992 Mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants), dies at 82
1994 Dow Jones hits a record 3978.36
1994 German based BMW buys Rover cars from British Aerospace for 800 million
1994 Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81
1995 George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at 105
1996 Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65.
1997 A state of emergency has been lifted in Durham, Ontario where flooding earlier this month forced the evacuation of 120 homes and businesses. The waters of the Saugeen River have finally stabilized. Damage is estimated at 1.1 million dollars, and 15 families are still unable to return home.
1997 The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz class aircraft carrier with a flight deck the size of three football fields, is paying a courtesy visit to Victoria British Columbia today
1997 Eve Lister, actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84
1998 STS 89 (Endeavour 12) lands.
1999 The Denver Broncos repeat as NFL champions, defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34-19 in Super Bowl XXXIII.
2001 The Montreal Canadians Hockey team is sold by Molsons to an American
2006 Samuel Alito is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
2007 Delta Air Lines creditors officially reject US Airways' hostile takeover bid.
2007 The Mooninite scare occurs in Boston when devices used in a guerrilla marketing campaign for the animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force are mistaken for improvised explosive devices.
2009 In Kenya, at lea 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at lea 25 people.
2013 300 people are injured in a train collision in Pretoria, South Africa
2017 Romanian government passes emergency decree to release prisoners and decriminalise corruption charges, triggering huge protests in Bucharest.
2017 US President Donald Trump fires Attorney General Sally Yates after she instructs Justice Department officials not to defend Trump's travel ban
2018 trump administration formally suspends the Clean Water Act
2018 Houston guard James Harden is recorded as becoming inaugural player in NBA history to log a 60-point triple-double with 60 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals and a block in Rockets' 114-107 win over Orlando Magic
2018 A total lunar eclipse takes place. The Moon appears as supermoon, with perigee being on January 30. It is also the inaugural blue moon eclipse since 1983. It was also referred to as the super blue blood moon.
2020 The United Kingdom and Gibraltar formally withdraw from the European Union, beginning an 11-month transition period
2021 Widespread protests in Russia against detention of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the government with 5000 people arrested
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