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Sunday, 22 February 2026
1995 Geoffrey Stokes, rock and roll writer, dies at 55 
1996 Rocky Mountain Railtours runs the longest passenger train in Canadian history. Three GP40 locomotives hauled 34 cars from Vancouver to Kamloops.
2005 English cricket team draw the final match to win The 205 Ashes.
2005 Norwegian parliamentary election, resulting in a victory for the red-green-coalition. New prime-minister is Jens Stoltenberg from Labour Party.
2005 The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort officially opens
2006 A stampede at a rally in Yemen leaves 41 dead.
2006 Pope Benedict XVI gives a lecture in Germany; he quotes a criticism of the Islamic faith, sparking mass protest
2007 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces his resignation, to be effective sep 19.
2007 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and his entire cabinet resign
2007 The Sandiganbayan are discovered former Philippines President Joseph Estrada guilty beyond reasonable doubt on the charges of plunder but acquitted on the charges of perjury.
2011 Approximately 100 people die after a petrol pipeline explodes in Nairobi.
2012 18 soldiers are killed by a rebel car bomb in Syria
2017 Hope Hicks appointed permanent White House Communications Director after working in an interim role.
2017 Monster fatburg 250m long, 130 tons, size of 11 buses are discovered in sewers under east London.
2017 Lady Gaga confirms her battlle with chronic illness fibromyalgia
2017 Apple unveils premium iPhone X costing $999, along with iPhone 8.
2018 Oldest known human drawing discovered, 73000 years old, in Blombos Cave, South Africa published in "Nature"
2018 More than 3600 children reported abused by Catholic priests in Germany (1946-2014) in leaked report.
2018 European parliament votes to pursue disciplinary action against Hungary for anti-democratic actions, inaugural ever such vote
2020 In this year, US Open Women's Tennis: Naomi Osaka of Japan claims her second US title; beats Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
2020 In this year, Chloé Zhao's "Nomadland" starring Frances McDormand claims the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
2021 In this year, US Open Men's Tennis: Russia's Daniil Medvedev claims his inaugural major title by shattering Novak Äoković 's hopes of completing a Grand Slam in one-sided 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 final.
2021 40th MTV Video Music Awards: Lil Nas X, Justin Bieber , and Olivia Rodrigo win
2023 In this year, 42nd MTV Video Music Awards: Taylor Swift claims 9, passing Madonna and second only to Beyoncé for career; SZA , and Måneskin also win
2023 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrives in Russia on board his armoured train to meet with President Vladimir Putin [1].
2023 US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy opens an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden , without a formal House vote, amid some Republican calls to remove McCarthy from leadership [1].
2024 Heavy rainfall in Central Europe triggers the worst flooding in the region since 2010.
2024 The inaugural commercial spacewalk is conducted by entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as part of the Polaris Dawn mission, which also includes the highest altitude orbit by a human crew since the Apollo program
2025 "Zootopia 2" is recorded as becoming the quickest PG-rated film to reach $1 Billion at the box office worldwide [1]
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