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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
2007 A mass grave in southern Ukraine, are discovered accidentally by workers in may, has been confirmed to be filled with thousands of victims of The Holocaust.[17]. 
2007 NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft made its second fly-by of Venus en route to Mercury
2011 Arab Spring: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh travels to Saudi Arabia for treatment of an injury sustained during an attack on the presidential palace. Protesters celebrate his transfer of power to his Vice-President Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi
2012 The century's second and last solar transit of Venus occurs. The next pair are predicted to occur in 2117 and 2125.
2013 44 people are killed by a lightning storm in Bihar, India
2017 Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt sever ties with Qatar, citing its support of terrorist groups, Yemen, the Maldives and Libya follow suit.
2017 Puerto Rico declares its Zika virus epidemic over.
2017 Bus crashes with a truck in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India, 22 die in resulting fire
2017 Montenegro is recorded as becoming the 29th member of NATO
2018 Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges in court in New York
2018 Boxer Floyd Mayweather named 2017 top earning sportsperson by Forbes with $285 million.
2018 Miss America pageant announces an end to its swimsuit competition
2018 US President Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their families violates international law according to the UN
2018 US Judge Aaron Persky, criticized for his leniency towards campus sex attacker Brock Turner, firt judge voted out in 80 years in Santa Clara, California.
2018 "Ocean's 8" film premieres, directed by Gary Ross starring Sandra Bullock , Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway and Rihanna.
2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a state visit to Russia, where he also attends the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
2019 The 2019 Danish general election takes place, for all 179 seats in the Folketing.
2021 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promises to save the country's shores from a build-up of 'sea snot' (marine mucilage) due to pollution and climate change.
2021 The G7 agrees on a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% intended to prevent tax avoidance by some of the world's biggest multinationals.
2023 Former US Vice President Mike Pence declares his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination [1].
2024 Starliner Crewed Flight Test launches atop an Atlas V rocket to the ISS.
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