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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1981 India's APPLE satellite, inaugural to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched 
1982 John Cheever, US writer (Wapshot Chronicle, Pulitzer), dies at 70
1984 The inaugural live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Nightline)
1984 Lee Krasner Pollock, US painter, dies at 75.
1985 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place.
1986 Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup.
1986 Coluche, [Michel Colucci], French comic, dies at 41
1987 Ben and Jerry Ice Cream and Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia.
1987 Geffen records sign their inaugural artist (Donna Summer)
1987 Wee Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak ends
1988 Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie.
1988 In Santa Barbara, CA, a team of 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins
1988 Zdenek Blazek, composer, dies at 83.
1989 Hy Gardner, newspaper columnist, dies at 80.
1991 2 of Mia Farrow's daughters arrested for shoplifting lingerie.
1991 Jean Arthur [Gladys Greene], US actress (Shane), dies at 90.
1992 Kitty McKane Godfree, Tennis champ (Wimbledon 1924, 26), dies at 96
1993 William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983), dies at 81
1994 Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot, dies at 92.
1995 Al Hansen, artist, dies at 67
1996 Alan Ande Anderson, opera director, dies at 78
1997 Bobby Helms, singer (Jingle Bell Rock), dies at 63
2000 The last rail on the order books of Sysco (Sydney Steel) is rolled.
2005 Election in the Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain — preliminary results show that Manuel Fraga and the Partido Popular lose control of the autonomous parliament
2006 The Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4 games-3 games to win the Stanley Cup.
2012 A man in Saudi Arabia is beheaded for witchcraft and sorcery
2013 48 people are killed by armed bandits in Zamfara State, Nigeria
2017 inaugural full genetic study of cats published in "Nature Ecology and Evolution", reveals domesticated 9000 years ago, descended from one species (African wildcat).
2017 Russia warns the US it will target US and allied aircraft over Syria after US fighter shoots down Syrian warplane.
2017 Bexit negotiations begin between United Kingdom and the European Union in Brussels.
2017 Record 65.6 million people displaced around the world in 2016 reported by UN refugee agency
2018 England smash the highest score (481/6) in one day international cricket history in a 242 run defeat of Australia (239) at Trent Bridge
2018 Canada's Senate votes to legalize recreational marijuana use, inaugural major economy to do so
2018 General Electric is dropped form the Dow Jones Index, the last original member from 1907.
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