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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1994 Richard Krautheimer, art historian, dies at 97 
1995 Commuter service commences over CP Rail between Vancouver and Mission, BC
1995 Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician, dies at 64.
1996 Junius Richard Jayawardene, PM of Sri Lanka (1977-78), dies at 90.
1997 Tropical Storm Linda (1997) in Vietnam killing 3123 people
2005 In this year, Justice John Gomery releases the inaugural part of the Gomery Commission report on corruption in the Liberal Party of Canada and the sponsorship scandal.
2005 The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall arrive in the United States for a state visit, their inaugural overseas tour since their marriage.
2005 U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and his fellow Democrats force a closed session of the Senate over the Lewis Libby indictment
2006 The Stardust Resort and Casino closes after 48 years of business in Las Vegas
2007 London's Metropolitan Police Service is are discovered guilty of endangering the public following the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, an innocent Brazilian who officers mistook for a suicide bomber.
2007 Martina Hingis of Switzerland announced her second retirement from professional tennis due to doping allegations and injuries.
2007 The Election commission of Bangladesh is separated from the Judiciary department
2012 Google's Gmail is recorded as becoming the world's most popular email service
2014 Western Sydney Wanderers win the AFC Champions League.
2017 UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon steps down due to his behavior towards women, part of wider scandal of sexual harassment by UK politicians.
2017 Houston Astros win their inaugural baseball World Series defeating the LA Dodgers 5-1 in game 7 at Dodger Stadium
2017 Boiler explosion at a NTPC government-run coal-fired power plant in Rae Bareli, India, results in the deaths of 29
2018 Palau is recorded as becoming the inaugural country to ban sunscreen and its chemicals which bleach coral reefs
2018 Google employees stage mass walkout to protest the company's handling of sexual harassment.
2018 Ground assault mounted on Yemeni port city of Hudaydah by Saudi-backed government forces.
2018 NASA's Dawn mission concludes after it runs out of hydrazine fuel.
2019 coronavirus pandemic in Worldwide killing 191084 (As of April 24, 2020) people
2020 The 2020 Moldovan presidential election takes place.
2021 COVID-19 pandemic: The number of recorded deaths from COVID-19 surpasses 5 million
2025 Indian chess prodigy Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, from Madhya Pradesh, is recorded as becoming youngest player to earn official FIDE (International Chess Federation) rating at 3 years, 7 months and 20 days old, besting November 2024 youngesr record holder Anish Sarkar, by about a month.
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