Page 8: Historical Events In June - 17
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
2018 Ivan Duque is elected President of Columbia 

2018 Historic deal signed between Greece and Macedonia to end dispute over Macedonia's name - changing to North Macedonia. 

2018 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race: Ex-F1 world champion Fernando Alonso teams with Kazuki Nakajima and Sébastien Buemi to win for Toyota Gazoo Racing. 

2018 World electric speed record broken by Jaguar Vector V20E in battery-powered boat at 88.61 mph (142.60 kph) Coniston Water, English Lake District 

2019 Activist Joshua Wong calls on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to resign after leaving prison amid street protests the day before of over 2 million people. 

2019 A triple suicide blast results in the deaths of 30 and injures over 40 in Borno, Nigeria, at a hall where people were watching a football match 

2021 The China National Space Administration sends its inaugural three astronauts to occupy the Tiangong Space Station, the country's inaugural space station 

2025 26th US military lethal strike in international waters of a suspected drug smuggling vessel results in the deaths of four. 

2025 Thousands of dinosaur footprints dating back 210 million years are are discovered on a mountain in Stelvio National Park in northern Italy [1]. 

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