Page 8: Historical Events In July - 14
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1993 Robert Strong 

1994 NBC said it would launch two subscription-based online news services starting in September. 

1994 Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide 

1995 Michael Naylor, insurance broker, dies at 59 

1996 Frederick Angus Armstrong, journalist, dies at 82 

2005 A mortar fired from the Gaza strip results in the deaths of Dana Galkowicz, in the Netiv Haasara Moshav. 

2007 Following a presidential decree, Russia withdraws from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. 

2012 Suicide bomber attacks a wedding reception and results in the deaths of 22 people and inures 22 in northern Afghanistan 

2014 The Church of England votes in favor of allowing women to become bishops. 

2018 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Angelique Kerber is recorded as becoming the inaugural German since Steffi Graf (1996) to win Wimbledon beating Serena Williams 6-3, 6-3 

2018 Huge iceberg looming over Innaarsuit village, western Greenland prompts evacations in case it calves 

2018 Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant steps down after violent protests against fuel price rises 

2018 More than 300 people now reported killed in protests against government of President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua. 

2018 Civilians killed in Afghan war reaches record high with 1692 killed in inaugural six months of 2018 says UN 

2018 US President Trump calls the EU a "trade foe" in interview with CBS ahead of meeting with Russian President Putin. 

2018 Russian covert agent Maria Butina arrested by the FBI in Washington, D.C.., charged with being unregistered foreign agent. 

2019 In this year, Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Äoković claims longest ever Wimbledon final over Roger Federer 7-6, 1-6, 7-6, 4-6, 13-12 in 4 hours, 57 minutes; his 16th Grand Slam title 

2019 In this year, English Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton claims a record 6th British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone; moves him 1 win clear of Jim Clark and Alain Prost (5) 

2023 SAG-AFTRA announces it will begin a strike against the major film and TV studios in protest of low compensation, ownership of work, and generative AI. 

2024 In this year, Wimbledon Men's Tennis: At just 21, Carlos Alcaraz claims his fourth major title beating 7-time champion Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 

2025 Father and son gunmen kill least 15 and wound dozens at a Jewish “Chanukah by the Sea” celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia; police kill the elder shooter [1]. 

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