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HomePage 7: Historical Events In October - 23
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
2011 A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands 
2012 12 people are killed and 40 are injured in a hospital fire in Tainan, Taiwan
2013 Boston Red Sox defeat St Louis Cardinals in game 1 of the MLB 2013 World Series
2018 Microplastics are discovered in human stools for the inaugural time by Austrian scientists.
2018 World's longest sea-crossing bridge, the Hong Kong Macau Zhuhai bridge at 55km, opened by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
2018 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejects Saudi claim journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed accidentally, says it was premeditated murder
2018 World's oldest intact shipwreck, ancient Greek vessel 2400 years old, are discovered at bottom of the Black Sea by archaeologists
2018 European Commission rejects Italy's budget, inaugural country to be rejected.
2018 Megyn Kelly is criticized after making comments supporting blackface on her NBC show
2018 The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, the world's longest sea crossing bridge, is opened by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
2019 All Star point guard Kyrie Irving pours in 50 points, setting a new NBA record for points on debut with a new team as his Brooklyn Nets go down 127-126 at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
2019 The bodies of 39 people are are discovered in a truck container in Essex, England. A 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland is arrested on suspicion of murder
2019 Google announces that its 53-qubit "Sycamore" processor has achieved quantum supremacy. IBM disputes the claim
2020 At the end of an 11-year demining process, the Falkland Islands are declared free of land mines, 38 years after the end of the 1982 war.
2020 Israel and Sudan agree to normalise relations, marking the fifth Israel–Arab peace deal.
2021 Colombia's most wanted drug lord, Dario Antonio Úsuga, whose Gulf Clan controls many smuggling routes into the US and other countries, is captured by Colombia's armed forces
