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Monday, 16 February 2026
2018 Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences members vote to expel Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski. 
2018 Bollywood actors both posthumously recognized at India's National Film Awards; Sridevi Kapoor Best Actress for "Mum" and Vinod Khanna recieves Dadasaheb Phalke award
2018 Kilauea volcano on Big Island, Hawaii begins erupting forcing the evacuation of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and residential areas
2018 Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is recorded as becoming NFL's inaugural $30m per season player after agreeing to $150m contract extension.
2018 The separatist group ETA officially announces its final dissolution after 40 years of conflict and more than 800 deaths in Spain.
2018 The 2018 lower Puna eruption leads to destruction of structures and forces many citizens of Hawaii to evacuate as lava floods the land.
2019 May 2019 Gaza–Israel clashes: The Gaza–Israel conflict escalates after the Israeli military launches airstrikes into Gaza killing more than 20 Palestinians including a pregnant woman and a toddler following the injury of two soldiers from Gazan sniper fire.
2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China responsible for the spread and severity of coronavirus COVID-19 and should be held accountable
2020 Investor Warren Buffett dumps his holdings in four major US airlines saying "the world has changed" for aviation, reflecting an increasingly bleak outlook for the industry.
2020 Venezuelan dissidents and an American-based private military company, Silvercorp USA, unsuccessfully attempt to infiltrate Venezuela and forcibly remove President Nicolás Maduro from office.
2023 Ajay Banga is elected President of the World Bank after being nominated by US President Joe Biden [1]
2023 Manchester City's Norwegian striker Erling Haaland scores in a 3-0 win over West Ham to set a new record for most goals scored in a single Premier League season (35).
2023 Mysterious explosive drone attack on the Kremlin in Moscow has no clear motive or link to people behind it, despite Russian claim it was attempt to assassinate Vladimir Putin , amid Ukrainian and US denials [1]
2023 A school shooting occurs in Belgrade, Serbia. A second mass murder occurs the next day near near Mladenovac and Smederevo. These events leave 19 people dead, causing the government to increase regulations on gun ownership and mass anti-government protests to begin.
2025 In this year, 2025 Australian federal election: The incumbent Labor Party led by Anthony Albanese claims reelection, increasing their majority.
2025 In this year, 2025 Singaporean general election: The incumbent People's Action Party led by Lawrence Wong claims reelection in a landslide, retaining a supermajority government.
2025 2025 Malian protests: Hundreds of demonstrators gather in Bamako, Mali, to protest the government's proposed dissolution of political parties and extension of president Assimi Goïta's mandate by 5 years
2025 May 6 – 2025 German federal election: Friedrich Merz is elected Chancellor of Germany in the second round of parliamentary voting, hours after being defeated in the inaugural round, a inaugural in post-WWII German history.
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