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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1996 Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, egyptologist, dies at 87 
1997 Jonathon Silver, entrepreneur/arts patron, dies at 47.
1998 The U.S. Treasury began circulating the newly-redesigned $20 bill.
2005 Hurricane Rita hits the U.S. Gulf Coast. The 9th Ward section of New Orleans floods for the 2nd time in a month and a half. Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama are also affected.
2005 Worldwide protests against the Iraq War around the world, with over 15000 protestors in Washington DC. See Opposition to the Iraq War
2006 Communist Party of China Central Political Bureau committee member, Shanghai Municipal Party Committee Secretary Chen Liangyu is dismissed for alleged corruption charges
2006 Europe win the Ryder Cup in Ireland.
2007 India won the ICC Twenty20 WorldCup beating Pakistan by 5 runs.
2007 Labour Party Conferences in Bournemouth at which Gordon Brown addresses delegates for the inaugural time as Prime Minister
2012 Books by Japanese authors or about Japan are suspended by Chinese bookstores
2013 515 people are killed by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Balochistan, Pakistan
2017 NFL players kneal, lock arms or stay in their dressing room during the anthem in protests against comments made by President Donald Trump.
2017 Plastic polystyrene rubbish discovered for inaugural time only 1000 miles from the north pole by international team of scientists
2017 LeBron James calls President Donald Trump "U Bum" in a tweet in response to Trump's comments about Stephen Curry.
2018 Real Madrid midfielder and Croatian World Cup captain Luka Modrić is named world's best male player at the FIFA Awards in London; Brazil and Orlando Pride forward Marta best female player; France's Didier Deschamps best men's coach.
2018 Ebola virus has caused 69 deaths and sickened 150 people according to Ministry of Heath in Democratic Republic of Congo.
2018 Pakyong Airport, India's 100th airport, is opened in the Himalayan mountains at 1400 meters by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
2019 Nancy Pelosi announces formal impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump , arguing that he tried to enlist a foreign power for his own political gain.
2019 Spain's Supreme Court rules body of dictator Francisco Franco can be removed from state mausoleum, the Valley of the Fallen, to municipal cemetery.
2019 The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously rules that the September 2019 prorogation of Parliament was unlawful and void
2019 The Supreme Court of Spain unanimously rules in favour of the exhumation of the remains of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco from the Valle de los CaÃdos. He was finally exhumed on 24 October, being re-inhumed in a private crypt with his wife.
2019 U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announces the start of a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump
2020 David Attenborough breaks Jennifer Aniston's record as the quickest person to reach 1 million followers on Instagram.
2023 French President Emmanuel Macron says his country will withdraw its ambassador and 1500 troops from Niger, in the wake of a coup [1]
2023 Nigerien crisis: French President Emmanuel Macron announces that France will end its military presence in Niger and will recall its ambassador from the country.
2024 Statue of Johnny Cash is unveiled in US Capitol's Statuary Hall, representing his native Arkansas; it is the inaugural statue of musician there.
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