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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1981 Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City. 
1982 NASA launches Intelsat V.
1982 The inaugural reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
1982 Larry Breeding, actor (Who's Watching the Kids), dies on 36th birthday
1983 STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad.
1985 NASA launches Intelsat VA.
1986 Record 23000 start in a marathon (Mexico City).
1986 Carmen DeRue, entertainer, dies
1987 Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian aid of Ayatollah Khomeini, shot for treason
1988 Bronx Museum for the Arts opens
1988 Ethel Grandin, silent screen actress (Deserter), dies at 94
1989 Ferdinand E Marcos, president of Philippines (1965-86), dies at 72
1990 Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
1996 Iron Road Railways, under the name Quebec Southern Railway commences operation over the following former CP lines in Quebec Lennoxville - St-Jean Brookport - Wells River (VT) Farnham - Ste-Rosalie Jct Farnham - Stanbridge.
1996 Iron Road Railways, under the name Quebec Southern Railway commences operation over the following former CP lines in Quebec: Lennoxville - St-Jean Brookport - Wells River (VT) Farnham - Ste-Rosalie Jct Farnham - Stanbridge.
2005 American politician Tom DeLay is indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy by a Texas grand jury.
2006 After 40 years of development, Suvarnabhumi Airport, opens in Bangkok, Thailand replacing Don Mueang International Airport as Bangkok's primary airport for commercial flights.
2010 Seven people are reported to have been killed and around 100 are missing after a landslide in Oaxaca, Mexico
2012 Aircraft crash results in the deaths of 16 people in Kathmandu, Nepal.
2013 27 villagers are killed by Boko Harem in northeast Nigeria
2014 In this year, The European Team claims the Ryder Cup for the third straight time
2017 Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus reveals she has breast cancer.
2018 magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits just off island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, setting off a tsunami that hits cities of Donggala and Palu, at least 1649 people killed.
2018 Up to 50 million Facebook accounts hacked due to a code weakness.
2018 Cristiano Ronaldo accused of rape in 2009 in US lawsuit filed in Nevada
2018 A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia, causing a tsunami that results in the deaths of at least 2256 people and injures more than 10679 others
2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia killing 4340 people
2019 Elon Musk unveils SpaceX spacecraft Starship, designed to travel to Mars and the solar system and land back on earth.
2019 The 2019 Afghan presidential election takes place
2019 Hurricane Lorenzo is recorded as becoming the furthest northeast Category 5 hurricane on record
2021 James Bond film "No Time To Die", the last starring Daniel Craig , premieres after an 18 month delay due to the pandemic.
2023 The Rugby World Cup is held in France. South Africa beat New Zealand 12-11 in the final at the Stade de France, claiming their 4th Rugby World Cup title.
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.
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