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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1983 Dick Smith makes inaugural solo helicopter flight around the world. 
1983 Poland's PM Januzelski lifts martial law
1986 House of Reps impeaches Judge Harry E Claiborne on tax evasion.
1987 Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian)
1987 US began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf.
1987 A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India), dies
1988 500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research.
1988 Luigi Lucioni Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87.
1988 Duane Jones, dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at 51
1990 In this year, Greg Lemond of US claims bicycling's 3rd tour de France.
1990 In this year, Nick Faldo of England claims the British Open Golf championship.
1990 George Wood, dies of diabetes complications at 56
1991 Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested by police in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1992 David Wojuarowicz, artist (U2 album cover), dies of AIDs at 37
1994 O.J. Simpson pleads innocent to mmurdering his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman
1995 Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter, dies at 85
1996 Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader, dies at 65.
2005 A Brazilian electrician, Jean Charles de Menezes, is shot dead at a London underground station by police who mistake him for a suicide bomber.
2007 Floods cause chaos through wide areas of Britain, especially the counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, leaving hundreds homeless and thousands of vehicles stranded on major roads.
2007 Parliamentary elections took place in Turkey
2007 Yokozuna Asashoryu conquers the Emperor's Cup at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament (Nagoya Basho) in Nagoya, Japan.
2011 76 people are killed in twin terrorist attacks in Norway after a bombing in the Regjeringskvartalet government center in Oslo and a shooting at a political youth camp on the island of Utøya
2012 Car bombs results in the deaths of 20 people and injures 80 in Madaen and Najaf, Iraq
2013 89 people are killed and 500 are injured by earthquakes in Gansu province, China
2014 Both the United Arab Emirates and the USA announce aid packages to besieged Gaza
2017 10 die in over-heated tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas in human-trafficking incident.
2017 South African golfer Branden Grace records lowest round for a men's major championship - 62 in 3rd round at British Open, Royal Birkdale, England.
2018 British Open Golf, Carnoustie: Francesco Molinari holds off a pack of players including favourites Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose to win by 2; inaugural Italian to win a major title.
2018 Heatwave in Japan results in the deaths of 11 in one day.
2018 TV show "Supergirl" announces casting of inaugural live-action transgender superhero, by transgender actor Nicole Maines as Nia Nal.
2018 Israeli military and allies evacuate over 400 White Helmet Syrian rescue workers from its border with Syria to Jordan
2018 US President Trump threatens Iran in an all-caps tweet of "consequences" in response to speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
2018 Lone gunman shooting results in the deaths of 3 including gunman and injures 13 in Toronto, Canada
2019 Marvel superhero film " Avengers : Endgame" is recorded as becoming the world's highest-grossing film overtaking "Avatar" earning $2.9 billion.
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