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Thursday, 19 February 2026
1995 British trader Nick Leeson arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC 
1995 Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed.
1995 Space shuttle STS-67 (Endeavour 8), launches
1995 The NASA space shuttle Endeavour blasts off on a mission to study the far reaches of space
1995 The UN evacutes the last of its peacekeeping forces from Somalia.
1995 Hugo Cole, musician/critic, dies at 77
1996 Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose.
1996 Jacobo Majluta, president of Dominican Rep (1982), dies at 61
1997 Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple
1997 Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia).
1999 Rock singer Dusty Springfield dies at her London area home at age 59
2012 Tornadoes kill at least 27 people in the American states of Indiana and Kentucky
2014 86th Academy Awards: "12 Years a Slave," Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett win.
2017 US Attorney General Jeff Sessions recuses himself from the investigation into Trump campaign contacts with Russia after revelations he met Russian ambassador.
2018 Gunmen attack the French embassy and army HQ in suspected terrorist incident in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, killing 8 and injuring 80.
2019 37-year-old Swiss 20-time Grand Slam tennis champion Roger Federer beats Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 to win his 100th ATP Tour title at the Dubai Championships
2020 Amy Klobuchar drops out of the US Democratic presidential race and endorses Joe Biden.
2020 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey can not longer enforce 2016 deal with EU to stop migrants entering Europe, warns millions may try.
2020 American rap group Public Enemy part ways with Flavor Flav after 35 years over playing for free at Bernie Sanders rally.
2020 Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
2021 Six books by Dr. Seuss will cease publication because of racist and insensitive imagery according to Dr. Seuss Enterprises
2021 Dolly Parton receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine she gave $1 million to help develop
2023 Head of UK security service MI5 apologizes for not acting on intelligence to stop the 2017 Manchester Arena attack at an Ariana Grande concert by a suicide bomber [1]
2024 In this year, Brit Music Awards: Raye claims a record six Brits, including album and song of the year, with Kylie Minogue awarded Global Icon [1]
2024 LeBron James is recorded as becoming inaugural player in NBA history to score 40000 regular-season points as his LA Lakers slip to a 124-114 defeat to Denver Nuggets in Los Angeles
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