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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1989 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY 
1989 Frank Easton, cricket wicketkeeper (NSW 1933-39), dies
1990 Paul Hogan and Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia
1991 William De Acutis, dies at 33.
1992 Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
1992 Ben Frommer, dies at 78.
1993 Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], Indies guru, dies at 73
1994 Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections.
1994 North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen
1994 Hein Salomonson, architect, dies at about 83
1995 Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics)
1995 Official CN opening ceremony for a new tunnel between Sarnia, Ont and Port Huron, MI. The tunnel can handle full height double stack container cars.
1995 Anthony Wagner, genealogist, dies at 86
1996 In this year, Renette Cruz, Vancouver British Columbia, claims Miss Canadian Universe.
1996 Ai Qing, poet, dies at 86
1997 "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV
1997 Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful.
2005 The United Kingdom votes in the 205 general election. The Labour Party is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority
2005 Two homemade bombs explode outside the British consulate in New York, USA.2006 NASA astronomers announce the discovery of a storm system in the Jovian atmosphere, dubbed the Red Spot Junior.
2006 Fiat chairman Sergio marionne announces that the Alfa Romeo automobile brand will return to the United States in 2008, after a 13-year hiatus.
2006 NASA astronomers announce the discovery of a storm system in the Jovian atmosphere, dubbed the Red Spot Junior
2007 Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 crashes in Cameroon.
2012 17 people are killed and 47 missing after a flash flood in Nepal
2013 10 people are killed in a church attack in Njilan, Nigeria
2014 China announces it will upgrade Ethiopia's infrastructure in an effort to improve a China-Africa strategic partnership
2014 The World Health Organization identifies the spread of poliomyelitis in at least 10 countries as a major worldwide health emergency
2014 Boko Haram militants kill approximately 300 people in a night attack on Gamboru Ngala.
2016 The World Health Organization identifies the spread of poliomyelitis in at least 10 countries as a major worldwide health emergency
2016 Boko Haram militants kill approximately 300 people in a night attack on Gamboru Ngala
2018 In this year, 144th Kentucky Derby: 52 year old Mike Smith claims his second Derby aboard Justify.
2018 Former Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson suffers a brain haemorrhage and is hospitalised; recovers
2018 In this year, Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover releases the music video to new single "This is America" to wide acclaim.
2018 Electric cigarette explodes killing a man in St. Petersburg, Florida, inaugural death from a vaping product
2018 NASA's unmanned spaceprobe InSight is launched. It is expected to land on Mars in November and use a drill to conduct geological science.
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