Page 9: Historical Events In May - 14
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1990 Andre Ameller, composer, dies at 78 

1991 42 die in a train collision is Japan. 

1991 Angry truckers blockade Parliament Hill; say they can't compete due to higher Canadian taxes than US 

1991 Robert M Gates is recorded as becoming head of CIA. 

1991 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal. 

1991 World's Largest Burrito created at 1126 lbs. 

1991 Ast Fonteyne, Flemish lecture artist, dies 

1992 Lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Raiders), dies of cancer at 43. 

1993 Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40. 

1994 FA cup final at Wembley Stadium London. 

1994 Mayflower Madame Sydney Biddle Barrows (42) weds Darnay Hoffman (46) 

1994 Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies 

1995 Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most senior spiritual leader 

1995 Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher (Zen Buddhism), dies at 64 

1996 Edqard John Gurney, politician, dies at 82 

1998 Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC (commercials are $2 million for 30 seconds) 

1998 Microsoft agrees to delay shipping Windows 98 for several days while it negotiates with federal government and 20 states in attempt to forestall antitrust lawsuits. 

2007 Senatorial Elections in the Philippines was held 

2012 1500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons agree to end mass hunger strike. 

2013 Brazil is recorded as becoming the 15th country to legalize same-sex marriage 

2018 Successful memory transfer in snails achieved by scientists from University of California published in journal "eNeuro". 

2018 Melania Trump , wife of US President Trump, is treated in hospital for a benign kidney condition. 

2018 Indian politician Shashi Tharoor is charged by police with driving his wife to commit suicide. 

2018 Chinese mountain climber and double amputee Xia Boyu reaches the summit of Mt Everest 

2018 Boulder City Council in Colorado votes to ban assault weapons. 

2018 US Supreme Court strikes down federal law banning sports gambling in most states. 

2018 Arsenal finish EPL season in 6th place on 63 points; fail to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the inaugural time since 1997. 

2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 300000 

2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The UN warns of a global mental health crisis caused by isolation, fear, uncertainty and economic turmoil 

2020 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance is "ready to support" the UN-recognized Government of National Accord while Greece, a member state of NATO, strongly criticizes Stoltenberg's remarks, saying his recognition of the "Muslim Brotherhood government" does not reflect the positions of the military alliance 

2021 The China National Space Administration lands its Zhurong rover at Utopia Planitia on Mars, making China the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the planet and only the second to land a rover 

2023 The Thai general election is held, with pro-democratic parties such as the Move Forward and Pheu Thai parties gaining a majority of seats in the House of Representatives while pro-military parties such as Palang Pracharat lost seats. 

2023 49th G7 summit takes place in Hiroshima, Japan. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Japan on the second day of the summit 

2025 Father and son gunmen kill least 15 and wound dozens at a Jewish “Chanukah by the Sea” celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia; police kill the elder shooter [1] 

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