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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1990 Bobby Day, rocker (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 58. 
1991 Rocker Jani Lane, (Warrant-Cherry Pie) marries model Bobbie Brown.
1991 In this year, TV Guide publishes it's 2000th edition
1991 Carol Gillies, actress (Back Home, Baby Boom), dies at 50.
1992 Jenny Karezi, Greek actress (Red Lanterns), dies of cancer at 56
1993 Reggie Lewis, NBA star (Boston Celtics), dies of heart failure at 27.
1994 H Minderop, founder/chairman (TROS-radio/TV), dies
1995 Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher, dies at 66.
1996 One person is killed and more than 100 injured as a pipe bomb explodes at the Atlanta Olympics.
1996 Beverly Drew, architect, dies at 85.
2007 Nikola Radosavljevic shot dead nine people in village Jabukovac in eastern Serbia and wounded two.
2007 Two television news helicopters collide in midair while covering a police chase in Phoenix, Arizona, killing both pilots and two photojournalists.
2012 Queen Elizabeth II announces the opening of the London 2012 Olympics at the opening ceremony
2012 The 2012 Summer Olympics are held in London, England, United Kingdom.
2013 100 people are killed and 1500 injured in a crackdown against protesters in Cairo, Egypt
2014 In this year, Vincenzo Nibali of Italy claims the Tour de France.
2017 Boy Scouts of American chief Michael Surbaugh apologies for politically motivated remarks made by President Donald Trump at rally attended by 30000 scouts
2017 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos briefly is recorded as becoming world's richest man at $91.4bn overtaking Bill Gates for half a day
2017 Reince Priebus steps down as Chief of Staff to US President Donald Trump , shortest non-interim tenure ever.
2018 CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves is acussed of sexual misconduct in the "New Yorker" by Ronan Farrow.
2018 The longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century occurs,.
2020 WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus states that COVID-19 is "easily the most severe" global health emergency the WHO has faced.
2021 American gymnast and four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles withdraws from the women's team final at the Tokyo Games citing need to focus on her mental health; also misses individual finals
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