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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1991 Jean van Houte, Belgian premier, dies 
1992 President Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees.
1992 Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies.
1993 James Millhollin, actor (Anston Foster-Grindl), dies at 77.
1994 270 pilgrims dies in bustle round Mina Saudi-Arabia
1994 Funeral services are held at Arlington National Cemetary for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
1994 In this year, Pulp Fiction claims the award for best film at the 47th Cannes Film Festival
1994 Roman Herzog elected President of Germany.
1994 Star Trek The Next Generation, finale airs this week in syndication.
1994 Carl Althoff, German circus director, dies at 82.
1996 Fred Norris of the Howard Stern show changes his name legally to Eric
1996 Dorothy Hyson, actress (Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), dies at 81.
1997 In this year, Mel Karmazin adopts in place of Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV.
2007 A.C. Milan beat Liverpool F.C. 2-1 in the UEFA Champions League 2006-07 final at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece
2014 Russia and China veto the U.N. Security Council resolution to establish an International Criminal Court for war crimes in Syria
2017 UK raises terror threat level to critical following Manchester bombing.
2017 US President Donald Trump meets Pope Francis at the Vatican
2018 Hamburg, Germany, is recorded as becoming the inaugural city to ban diesel cars on some roads
2018 NFL owners approve new NFL national anthem policy whereby players required to stand if they choose to be on the field for pre-game presentations
2019 In this year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claims re-election in a landslide over the opposition Congress Party, world's largest-ever democratic election with over 600 million voters
2019 The 2019 European Parliament election takes place. The election has a 51 percent voter turnout, the highest since the inaugural direct elections in 1979
2019 2019 Indian general election: Narendra Modi secures a landslide win, with his party BJP alone gaining 303 of the 543 seats in parliament, and his political alliance winning 353 seats of the 543.
2019 Botswana lifts its five-year prohibition on elephant hunting.May 24 - British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Conservative leader, effective June 7, 2019
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] China reports no new cases for the inaugural time since the pandemic began, according to the National Health Commission
2021 In this year, PGA Championship Men's Golf, Ocean Course Kiawah Island: Phil Mickelson is recorded as becoming oldest major winner in history (50); claims his 6th major by 2 strokes over Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen.
2021 Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.[102]
2024 Apple Music names Lauryn Hill 's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" the best album ever made [1]
2024 President Joe Biden says he will work to make Kenya the US's 1st key non-NATO ally during state visit by Kenyan President William Ruto at the White House [1].
2024 UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls an early general election for the 4th of July.
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