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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1993 Albert Collins, blues guitarist (Don't Lose Your Cool), dies at 61. 
1994 Ivo Perilli, Italian screenplay/director (Ragazzo), dies at 92.
1995 Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), dies at 89.
1996 Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer, dies at 67.
1997 In response to a 554.26 point free fall, New York Stock Exchange officials invoked the "circuit breake" rule and puts a halt to trading
1997 RealNetworks, an Internet pioneer that developed streaming audio and video technology, launched a public offering on this day in 1997. The company, once co-owned by Microsoft and formerly called Progressive Networks, reaped more than $500 million on its inaugural day of trading.
1998 A federal judge ruled that a Virginia library constitutionally could not block Internet pornography from library computers.
1998 On this day in 1998, America Online officially announced it would acquire Netscape Communications.
2005 The Licensing Act 203 comes into force in England and Wales, introducing flexibility in the hours during which alcoholic beverages may be sold
2006 Michael Stone is arrested for breaking into the parliament buildings at Stormont while armed. Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair's deadline on Northern Ireland power-sharing
2007 In this year, Australian Labor Party claims the federal election in Australia; Labor leader Kevin Rudd is elected to succeed John Howard as Prime Minister of Australia.
2007 Police broke up anti-Putin demonstrations in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
2007 The National Australian Football League draft will take place
2012 Gangnam Style is recorded as becoming the most viewed youtube video surpassing 808 million views.
2013 40th American Music Award: Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake win.
2014 A 12-year-old boy is shot dead by police in Cleveland, after brandishing what turned out to be a fake gun in a playground.
2017 Militant gunmen attack a Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed on the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 305 people, government retaliates bombing the area.
2017 Emmerson Mnangagwa is sworn in as President of Zimbabwe, replacing Robert Mugabe.
2017 A mosque attack in Sinai, Egypt results in the deaths of 305 worshippers and leaves hundreds more wounded
2018 ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Antigua: Ashleigh Gardner with 33 from 26 balls and 3 for 22 leads Australia (106/2) to 4th T20 WC; beat England (105)
2018 Taiwanese voters vote against referendums to legalise same-sex marriage
2018 Cruise boat sinks on Lake Victoria near Kampala, Uganda, killing at least 29
2018 Copa Libertadores Final 2nd-leg between Buenos Aires rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors is postponed after Boca bus attacked by River fans; players suffer cuts and affects of police tear gas; River claims, 5-3 on aggregate when 2nd-leg played in Madrid, Spain (9 Dec).
2019 In this year, Taylor Swift claims six awards at American Music Awards including Artist of the Year and Artist of the Decade.
2019 Davis Cup Tennis, Madrid: Rafael Nadal beats Denis Shapovalov of Russia 6-3, 7-6 to give Spain an unassailable 2-0 lead and a 6th Cup title; inaugural competition under new week-long format at one venue
2019 2019 Busy Bee crash: A plane crashes shortly after takeoff in a densely populated area of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all 19 people on board and at least 10 more on the ground
2021 NASA launches the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the inaugural attempt to deflect an asteroid for the purpose of learning how to protect Earth.
2021 Magdalena Andersson steps down as Prime Minister-elect of Sweden hours after the Riksdag voted her in as Sweden's inaugural female Prime Minister. She was due to take office on 26 November. Instead, she takes office on 30 November.[240]
2023 Somalia is admitted as the eighth member of the East African Community, having applied for membership in 2012.
2024 Uruguayan general election: Leftist opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi is elected president
