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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1993 Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola. 
1993 Heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78.
1994 In this year, AC Milan claims Europe Cup 1 4-0 against Barcelona
1994 Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip.
1994 In this year, AC Milan claims Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona.
1995 Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45
1996 Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at 76.
1998 Justice Department and 20 state attorneys general sue Microsoft, charging it illegally thwarted competition to protect and extend its monopoly on software.
2008 Joseph Pevney, American television director.
2009 Sri Lankan Civil War: e LTTE are defeated by e Sri Lankan government, ending almo 26 years of fighting between e two sides.
2013 RC ToulonnaisÃÂ defeatÃÂ ASM Clermont Auvergne to win the rugby Heineken Cup final
2014 Adam Scott overtakes Tiger Woods as the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world.
2018 Santa Fe High School shooting; 17 year-old shooter results in the deaths of 10 and injures 10 in Santa Fe, Texas.
2018 Mexican Damojh airlines flight crashes near Havana airport, Cuba, killing 110 with just 3 survivors
2018 All of Chile's 34 Roman Catholic bishops offer their resignation to Pope Francis in wake of child sex scandal.
2018 K-pop boy band BTS release their album "Love Yourself: Tear", sells 135000 inaugural week
2018 Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashes shortly after take-off near José MartàInternational Airport in Havana, killing 112 and leaving only one survivor.
2020 US President Donald Trump confirms he is taking controversial drug hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19.
2020 The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announces that nearly 1 million people are affected and at least 24 people have died in flash floods that have hit Beledweyne and Jowhar, Somalia
2020 In a historic move, the World Health Organization holds its annual World Health Assembly using video conferencing instead of in-person meetings
2021 The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, after the cancellation of the 2020 contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 contest is won by Italian entrants MÃÂ¥neskin with the song "Zitti e buoni".[100]
2023 Final Indiana Jones film "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" premieres at the Cannes Film Festival, starring Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge , directed by James Mangold and executive produced by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas
2025 27th and 28th US military strikes in international waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean sink two suspected drug smuggling vessels and kill five, bringing total deaths in the program to over 100
2025 In this year, 2025 Portuguese legislative election: The incumbent Social Democratic Party led by LuÃs Montenegro claims an increased plurality, but fails to achieve a majority.
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