Page 8: Historical Events In June - 19
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
2018 The United States announces it will withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council. 

2018 Canada is recorded as becoming the inaugural major industrialised country to legalise cannabis for recreational use. The Bill which legalises cannabis took effect on October 17. 

2019 inaugural debate for a decade in Congress over reparations for slavery with Danny Glover one of the witnesses 

2019 Four men are charged with murdering the 298 passengers and crew of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, the airliner shot down while flying over Ukraine in July 2014 

2020 Australian government and companies suffer a months-long state-based cyber attack according to PM Scott Morrison. 

2023 Chinese Premier Xi Jinping meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Great Hall of The People, Beijing [1] 

2023 In this year, The United Nations General Assembly unanimously formally adopts the High Seas Treaty, the inaugural treaty aimed towards marine conservation in international waters. 

2023 Qatar and the United Arab Emirates announce that they will restore diplomatic relations after relations were suspended during the Qatar diplomatic crisis 

2024 Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn in for a second term as President of South Africa in Pretoria, at the head of a coalition government [1] 

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