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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1996 Cubby Alberto Romolo Broccoli, movie producer, dies at 87. 
1998 In Turkey a 6.3 quake killed at least 145 people and more than 1500 injured in the Adana and Ceyhan areas
1999 Alberta RailNet takes over the former CN Grande Cache (from Swan Landing to Grande Prairie, m. 1.80 to m. 232.90), Grande Prairie (from Rycroft to Hythe, m. 0 to m. 89.19) and Smoky (Tangent to Spirit River, m. 306.2 to m. 357.80) subdivisions in Alberta
2002 John Entwistle, bass-player with The Who dies in his sleep of a heart attack in his Las Vegas hotel room aged 57
2005 New York State Assemblyman Will Stephens inadvertently sends an email to his constituents referring to them as 'idiots'
2007 Tony Blair steps down as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; New Labour Party leader Gordon Brown is appointed Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth II
2013 Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is re-elected President of Mongolia
2017 Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook has reached 2 billion monthly users
2017 European Union fines Google record $2.7 billion for unfair competition practices.
2017 Tennis star Serena Williams poses pregnant and nude for the cover of "Vanity Fair".
2017 Colombia's rebel group FARC officially end armed existence after 52 years in ceremony with President Juan Manuel Santos in Mesetas
2017 In this year, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina claims the World Food Prize
2017 Petya malware cyber-attack affects organisations in more than 64 countries.
2017 A series of cyberattacks using the Petya malware begins, affecting organizations in Ukraine.
2018 US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announces he will retire 31st July.
2018 Malaysian police announce seizure of goods linked to former prime minister Najib Razak, worth $273 million, biggest in the country's history, including 567 handbags and 14 tiaras.
2018 Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa 2 arrives at diamond-shaped asteroid Ryugu.
2018 French government intoduces plan to bring back national service for 16 year-olds.
2018 President Salva Kiir of South Sudan and former Vice President Riek MacharSouth sign peace deal to end four-year civil war
2018 Democrat Representative Joseph Crowley is defeated in New York Primary election by liberal challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
2018 Complex carbon-based molecules are discovered by Cassini spacecraft on Saturn moon Enceladus, previously only ever are discovered on earth and meteorites in research published in "Nature".
2019 Angara Airlines Flight 200 overruns the runway during landing and collides with a building, killing the captain and flight engineer, and injuring a further 22 people. 45 people survive the crash at Nizhneangarsk Airport, Russia
2020 Micheál Martin succeeds Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach of Ireland in a historic three-party coalition government
2023 Ryan Seacrest announced as the new host of "Wheel of Fortune", to replace long-time host Pat Sajak in 2024 [1].
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