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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1996 Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at 78 
2005 In this year, Greece claims the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine
2006 The Dallas Mavericks beat the San Antonio Spurs in overtime to win the Western Conference semi-finals in the NBA Playoffs.
2007 The 19th century ship the Cutty Sark is badly damaged by fire in London, UK.
2012 120 people are killed and 350 injured by a suicide bomb in Sana'a, Yemen
2013 Microsoft announces the release of Xbox One.
2014 José Mário Vaz is elected President of Guinea-Bissau
2018 Mushrooms have poisoned more than 800 in western Iran, killing 11
2018 US Justice Department says it is expanding its internal investigation into whether FBI infiltrated Donald Trump 's 2016 campaign
2018 Teenager who started California's 2017 Eagle Creek Fire ordered to pay $36.6 million to cover damages by district judge
2018 Former US president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama sign deal with Netflix to produce films and series
2018 Truckers begin a 10 strike in Brazil, blocking roads in protest at the price of diesel leading to country-wide shortages
2019 Indonesian President Joko Widodo confirmed as winning re-election, defeating Prabowo Subianto with 55.5% of the vote
2020 Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in eastern India and Bangladesh, killing over 100 people and forcing the evacuation of more than 4 million others. It leads to over US$13 billion in damage, making it the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean, shattering the record previously held by Nargis
2020 The U.S. announces it will withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty within six months, alleging continuous violations by Russia
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 5 million worldwide, with 106000 new cases recorded over the past 24 hours, the highest single-day figure so far
2023 In this year, PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oak Hill CC: Brooks Koepka claims his third career PGA C'ship and fifth major title by 2 shots over Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler.
2023 Rock band Foo Fighters introduce new drummer Josh Freese in a live stream event promoting new album and tour
2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky makes a surprise appearance at G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, with world leaders also making a statement to condemn Chinese acts of "economic coercion" [1].
2023 In this year, The May Greek legislative election is held; the ruling New Democracy claims a plurality of seats in the Hellenic Parliament. Just days later incumbent prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, called for another snap election to be held in June
2023 The East Timorese parliamentary election is held; with the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction and Fretilin parties receiving the most votes. Xanana Gusmão is elected Prime Minister of East Timor.
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