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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
2018 Romanian referendum to ban same sex marriage fails with only 20.4% voting. 
2018 China confirms it has detained Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who steps down from his position after being reported missing.
2018 Limousine crash results in the deaths of 20 people, including two pedestrians in Schoharie, New York.
2018 Jodie Whittaker debuts in her inaugural full episode as the 13th and inaugural female Doctor Who on BBC television.
2023 Hamas launches a major air and ground attack on Israel from Gaza, killing over a thousand people and taking hundreds of hostages, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare "We are at war." [1].
2023 Israel–Hamas war: Hamas launches an incursion into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, prompting a military response from the Israel Defense Forces. Israel launches numerous air strikes on Lebanon after rockets are fired by Hezbollah and further attempts are made to penetrate Israel.
2023 A series of earthquakes occur in Herat Province in Afghanistan, killing over 1000 people and injuring nearly 2000, with tremors felt in Iran and Turkmenistan. The earthquakes are the deadliest in the country since 1998.
2024 Hurricane Milton is recorded as becoming the fifth most intense hurricane in the Atlantic Basin, and the second most intense storm in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Rita in 2005. Milton is also the inaugural hurricane to reach a pressure below 900 millibars in nearly 20 years
