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Saturday, 21 February 2026
1989 Colombian jetliner bombed killing 107. 
1989 In this year, George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" and"Poor Little Girl"
1989 US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) returns from space.
1990 Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher
1990 David White, actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), dies at 74.
1994 Arthur Frank "Peter" Shore, egyptologist, dies at 70
1995 Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist, dies at 60.
1996 George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76
1997 Buck Leonard, Hall of Famer in Negro League, dies at 90.
2000 The Liberal government in Canada is re-elected for another 5 years, HO Well
2005 Manuel Zelaya is elected the new President of Honduras.
2005 The Edmonton Eskimos defeat the Montreal Alouettes 38-35 to win the 93rd Grey Cup.
2007 The Annapolis Conference, a peace conference trying to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, is held in Annapolis, Maryland in the United States
2007 In this year, United Nations Development Programme releases the 2007/2008 Human Development Report.
2012 29 people are killed and 126 are wounded by 8 car bombings across Iraq
2014 In this year, Stephanie Gilmore claims her 6th women's world surfing title.
2017 North Korean ghost ship washes up Akita prefecture beach, Japan with 8 skeletons on board, 4th boat in a month
2017 Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce their engagement.
2017 Pope Francis begins a three-day trip to Myanmar, amid the Rohingya refugee crisis.
2017 Freight trains results in the deaths of more than 100 reindeer over three days in Norway
2017 Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department confirm it has had 31801 call outs to deal with snakes this year.
2018 US accuses Nicaragua's Vice-President Rosario Murillo, wife of President Daniel Ortega of human rights abuses and imposes sanctions.
2018 Explosion near chemical company in Hebei Province, Northern China results in the deaths of at least 23, injuring 22
2018 Convicted US murderer Samuel Little confirmed connected to 90 more murders of women after confessing details
2018 Ukrainian crisis: Ukraine declares martial law after an armed incident in which Russia seized three Ukrainian ships in the disputed Kerch Strait two days earlier
2019 The U.S. Government passes the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
2020 Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran
2021 Jack Dorsey announces he is stepping down as CEO of Twitter, to be replaced by Parag Agrawal
2024 Namibian general election: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of the SWAPO party is elected as the inaugural female president of Namibia.
