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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1978 Begin and Sadat win the Nobel Peace prize 
1978 President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill
1979 In this year, Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide.
1980 Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph.
1980 Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31.
1981 Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
1981 John Warburton, actor (King Rat, Cavalcade), dies at 94
1982 China announces its population at 1 billion people plus
1982 IBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics
1985 Thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monet's and 2 Renoir's.
1986 Paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head"
1987 Gilbert McNamee sentenced to 25 years in prison for being an IRA bombmaker.
1987 South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution
1987 Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies
1988 "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)
1988 Larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione and Sinatra
1988 Charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On), dies near London at 73
1990 Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, dies at 80
1991 Andrzei Panufkin, Pol/Brit conductor/composer (Sinfonia Sacra), dies
1992 Roy Marshall, cricketer (143 runs for WI, 35725 runs overall), dies
1994 Robert White, guitarist, dies at 57.
1995 Mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48.
1996 Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher, dies at 84.
2005 Two teenagers accidentally electrocute themselves in Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, France, leading to widespread rioting.
2006 Last Ford Taurus rolls off Atlanta Assembly line.
2006 The St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series
2011 After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European Union announced an agreement to tackle the European sovereign debt crisis which includes a writedown of 50% of Greek bonds, a recapitalisation of European banks and an increase of the bailout fund of the European Financial Stability Facility totaling to €1 trillion.
2011 The Royal Australian Navy announces that they discovered the wreck of a World War II submarine in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea during Operation RENDER SAFE
2012 46 people are killed and 123 injured in Iraq after a series of attacks and bombs
2013 38 people are killed in a series of car bombings in Bagdhad, Iraq.
2017 inaugural operation to separate conjoined twins joined at the head in India completed in New Delhi
2017 Catalonia declares independence from Spain, but the Catalan Republic is not recognised by the Spanish government or any other sovereign nation
2018 Gunman shoots and results in the deaths of 11 people and injures six at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in an anti-Semitic attack
2018 EPL club Leicester City’s billionaire Thai owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash in the carpark outside the club’s King Power Stadium following 1-1 draw against West Ham United
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