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Saturday, 21 February 2026
1978 Karel G Bakker, actor (Coffee House), dies at 66. 
1980 Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision
1980 Gustaf Allan Pettersson, composer, dies at 68.
1982 Israeli PM Menachem Begin arrives in Washington.
1984 Estelle Winwood, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 99
1986 Drs at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon
1986 Movement of sheep banned after they ate grass contaminated by fallout from Chernobyl.
1986 Tim Herbert, comedian (Dagmar's Canteen), dies at 71
1987 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass.
1988 Price is Right model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera
1990 40000-50000 die in a (7.6) earthquake in Iran
1990 A new currency unit, the Ecu, proposed for the European community
1990 Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of the US.
1990 Ina Balin, actress (Patsy), dies at 52, of pulmonary hypertension.
1994 Bram Koopmans, cyclist/coach, dies at 78
1995 Dennis Gomm, musician, dies at 84
1996 Hellevi Rombin Schine, Miss Universe (1955), dies in plane crash at 64
1997 Bobby Helms, composer (Jingle Bell Rock), dies at 61
2006 The Miami Heat win the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks, 4-2.
2012 Western Libyan tribal clashes kill 105 people and injure 500.
2013 Miami heat defeat San Antonio Spurs to win the NBA Finals 4-3.
2017 British actor Daniel Day-Lewis announces his retirement from acting
2017 Tiger Woods checks into a clinic to manage his pain medication and sleep disorder, following his arrest for driving under the influence
2017 In this year, US toymaker Mattel releases 15 new body types for their Ken doll, including one with a man bun
2017 Uber founder Travis Kalanick steps down as CEO after a shareholder revolt
2018 FIFA World Cup: Portugal superstar Cristiano Renaldo heads a goal against Morocco to become the all-time leading European goalscorer (85) in international competition.
2018 US President Trump signs Executive Order ending family separation at the border for illegal immigrants
2018 Algeria turns off its internet to stop students cheating during exams.
2018 US ambassador Nikki Haley announces the US is leaving the UN Human Rights Council.
2018 Hungarian government passes legislation that criminalizes aiding undocumented migrants.
2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, the inaugural Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years
2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a state visit to North Korea. It is his inaugural visit to the country as president and the inaugural visit to North Korea by a Chinese leader since Hu Jintao's visit 14 years prior
2019 In this year, Iranian shoot-down of American drone: Iran shoots down a United States RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz after claiming it violated their airspace. The U.S. claims it was shot down in international airspace in an "unprovoked attack".
2021 COVID-19 pandemic: Brazil is recorded as becoming the second country to surpass half a million deaths from the virus
