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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1981 Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia 
1982 NASA launches RCA-E
1986 Margaretha "Marga" Klompe, Dutch 1st female minister (CRM), dies at 74.
1987 Andre Masson, France, surrealist artist (Labyrinth), dies at 91
1988 Jurors award $147000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister
1988 Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to U Wash library
1989 Oakland A's sweep SF Giants in earthquake/BART series
1991 Dudley McConnell, headed NASA's Earth Science Division, dies.
1992 Joan Maloney Rio, dancer, dies of cancer at 57
1993 Carmino Baelen, Belgian sleder, dies at 22.
1994 Sjlomo Goren, Polish/Israeli supreme rabbi, dies.
1995 Allan Leslie Merson, historian, dies at 79.
1996 Jack Tinker, drama critic, dies at 58
1997 Toni Carabillo, writer (Feminist Chronicles), dies of lymphoma at 71
2005 Vice presidential adviser Lewis "Scooter" Libby steps down after being charged with obstruction of justice, perjury and making a false statement in the CIA leak investigation.
2007 The Boston Red Sox win the 2007 World Series in a four-game sweep against the Colorado Rockies.
2007 The Vatican beatifies 498 Spanish victims of religious persecution from before and during the Spanish Civil War.[21].
2012 Syrian ceasefire collapses and 128 people are killed in ongoing civil war violence.
2014 Kansas City Royals defeat the San Francisco Giants 10–0 in the 6th game to tie the 2014 World Series 3-3.
2017 Twin car bomb attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia, kill at least 27, Islamist militant group al-Shabab claim responsibility.
2018 Michael D. Higgins is re-elected Irish president
2018 Political crisis in Sri Lanka after President Sirisena sacks Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and the cabinet, suspends parliament for two weeks with one man killed in protests
2018 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 4th in the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos RodrÃguez to clinch his 5th Formula 1 World Drivers Championship
2018 Boston Red Sox beats LA Dodgers, 5-1 in Game 5 at Dodger Stadium to win 9th Baseball World Series in franchise history.
2018 Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina registers biggest win of her career when she rallies for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 triumph over American Sloane Stephens in a classic WTA Finals title decider in Singapore.
2018 The far-right Jair Bolsonaro is elected as the next President of Brazil, with 55% of the vote
2021 Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook will change its corporate name to Meta amid increased public scrutiny over leaked internal documents
2025 Mexican passenger train derails near Nizanda, Oaxaca, and partially plummets down an embankment, killing at least 13, and injuring 100 of the 250 passengers and crew members aboard.
2025 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, with sustained wind speeds up to 185 mph (295 km/h)
2025 Operation Containment: In Rio de Janeiro, more than 120 people are killed in raids targeting criminal organization Comando Vermelho during the deadliest police operation in Brazilian history
