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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1991 Theodore Wilson, dies at 47. 
1993 Henk Kersting, bureau chef (Associated Press-WW II), dies at 88.
1994 Dorothy Collins, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67
1995 Edwin "Russell" House, saxophonist, dies at 65
1996 Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier, dies at 85
1998 Alan Shepard dies in Monterey, CA, at age 74. Shepard was the inaugural American in space, and later commanded the Apollo 14 moon mission. He was the fifth person to walk on the lunar surface.
2005 A terrorist attack on London, similar to the July 7 attacks, includes 4 attempted bomb attacks on 3 Underground trains and a London bus. The bombs failed to explode properly, and only one injury was reported
2007 The final epic novel in J.K. Rowling's bestselling series Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released selling over 8 million copies in the inaugural 24 hours
2007 U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney serves as Acting President for two and a half hours, while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure
2011 Space Shuttle Atlantis lands successfully at Kennedy Space Center after completing STS-135, concluding NASA's space shuttle program
2011 NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.
2013 15 Egyptian Army soldiers are killed after their bus crashes into a truck on the Mediterranean Coast Highway
2014 After 3 weeks, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has struck about 2800 targets in Gaza, while Gaza has fired 1497 rockets at Israel
2017 Singer Justin Bieber barred from performing in China by Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture citing his "bad behavior"
2017 White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer steps down after opposing appointment of Anthony Scaramucci.
2018 India scraps tax on sanitary products after campaign by activists
2018 Re-boot of TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" announced with creator Joss Whedon as executive producer.
2019 Marvel announces 10 new superhero films at Comic Con including Blade with Mahershala Ali, Natalie Portman as a female Thor and inaugural Asian American super hero film Shang-Chi.
2019 A mob of over 100 suspected triad members dressed in white and armed with batons attack commuters indiscriminately at MTR Yuen Long station in Hong Kong, injuring 45, including a pro-democracy legislator and a pregnant woman. Hong Kong police have been accused of allowing the violence to happen due to their delayed response and decision to limit emergency services in the area. (The Guardian) (SCMP).
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] European leaders agree to create a €750 billion (US$858 billion) recovery fund to rebuild EU economies impacted by the pandemic
2021 The International Olympic Committee awards Brisbane the right to host the 2032 Summer Olympics.
2024 US President Joe Biden abandons his campaign for re-election and endorses Vice President Kamala Harris [1]
2024 Incumbent United States President Joe Biden ends his candidacy in the United States presidential election
2025 2025 Dhaka Chengdu J-7 crash: An F-7 BGI training aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force crashes into Milestone College in Uttara, Dhaka, killing 31 people including the pilot.
2025 Twenty-eight countries issue a joint statement calling for an immediate end to the Gaza war, saying it has "reached new depths" in terms of the suffering of civilians
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