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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1994 A US Air 737 jetliner crashes during final approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board 
1994 Arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93
1995 Eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer, dies at 73.
1996 Elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102.
1998 St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire breaks Roger Maris' single-season home run record by hitting number 62 during a game against the Chicago Cubs
2007 Over 50 people die when car bomb explodes in the Algerian port city of Dellys
2012 6 people are killed by a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan
2013 11 people are killed and 18 are injured after a gunfire attack in Guatemala City.
2014 In this year, Marin Čilić claims the US Open men's tennis singles.
2018 US Open Women's Tennis: Naomi Osaka inaugural Japanese female to win a Grand Slam singles final; beats Serena Williams in controversial match 6-2, 6-4
2018 Egypt sentences over 700 people, including 75 death sentences for 2013 pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya square
2018 Archaeologists uncover more than 300 gold coins from late imperial period from theatre in Como, Italy
2019 Estimated 1 million attend a mass held by Pope Francis near Antananarivo, Madagascar.
2019 US Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal defeats Daniil Medvedev of Russia 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 to win his 19th Grand Slam singles title, and 4th US crown.
2021 In this year, US Biden administration releases blueprint calling for 44% of American electricity to come from the sun by 2050 (currently 3%) [1]
2021 Large statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee removed from plinth on Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
2023 Marrakesh–Safi earthquake: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Marrakesh–Safi province in western Morocco, killing at least 2960 people and damaging historic buildings.
2025 magnitude 7.5 earthquake off of Japan's northeast coast leads to building damage and triggers a brief tsunami warning.
2025 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election: Incumbent Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre's coalition retains their majority.
2025 2024–2025 French political crisis: The Bayrou government collapses after losing a no-confidence vote.
2025 Mass anti-government protests erupt in Nepal, resulting in at least 22 deaths and hundreds injured. Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli steps down the following day amidst the demonstrations
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