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Saturday, 21 February 2026
1991 Coral Browne, Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer at 77 
1992 Bill Beyers, actor (Wally-Capitol), dies of AIDS at 37
1993 Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany
1993 Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75
1994 In this year, Al Unser Jr claims 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3 06 29.006 (255.89 kph)
1994 Great comet-iceball seen above North Sea.
1994 In this year, Hungary's Socialist Party claims parliamentary election
1994 Erich Honecker, president of German DR (1971-89), dies in Chile at 81
1994 In this year, Al Unser Jr claims 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph).
1995 Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Rep and Sen (R-Me), dies at 97
1996 Space Shuttle STS 77 (Endeavour 11), lands
1996 James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77.
1997 In this year, 70th National Spelling Bee Rebecca Sealfon claims spelling euonym.
1997 Jesse Timmedequas, are discovered guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7
1997 Scientists announce new human species in 780000 year old fossil
1997 George Fenneman, announcer (You Bet Your Life), dies at 77
1997 In this year, 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon claims spelling euonym.
1998 Former Arizona senator Barry Goldwater dies at age 89
2005 French referendum on the European Constitution votes resoundingly to reject.
2007 Inauguration of newly elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the Abuja Eagle Square and inaugural civilian to civilian transfer of power in Nigeria.
2012 Thousands march in protest in Johannesburg against Brett Murray's controversial painting The Spear
2014 President Obama approves US military training of 'moderate' Syrian rebels to fight the regime of Bashar Assad and al Qaeda-linked groups
2017 Tiger Woods is arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Jupiter, Florida.
2017 Violent storm and high winds in Moscow, Russia leaves 13 dead
2018 Missouri Governor Eric Greitens steps down over an extramarital affair and illegal use of a donor list
2018 ABC TV network cancels TV comedy "Roseanne" after its star Roseanne Barr posts a racist tweet.
2018 Heatwave in Karachi, Pakistan, results in the deaths of 65 as temperatures soar above 110 degrees Fahrenheit
2018 Starbucks closes more than 8000 US stores early for racial bias training after two black men wrongly arrested in a store in April.
2018 Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko fakes his own death with Ukrainian security services to foil an assassination plot
2018 Death toll on Puerto Rico 70 times higher than official figure, likely 4600 died from Hurricane Maria according to Harvard University study.
2019 In this year, British politician Boris Johnson ordered to appear in court over claims he lied to the public during Britain's Brexit campaign
2019 Israel's Knesset calls a snap election after Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a government
2019 Former European Court of Justice judge Egils Levits is elected the 10th President of Latvia
2019 Sinking of Hableány: The Hableány, a sightseeing river cruise ship on the Danube in Budapest, Hungary, collides with another vessel and sinks with two Hungarian crew members and 33 South Korean tourists on board. At least 27 people were killed and one other remains missing.
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