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Tuesday, 24 February 2026

2010

Sachin Tendulkar scored the first double century in One Day International cricket.

2008

Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.

2007

Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.

2006

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.

1999

The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national convicted of murder during a botched bank robbery, in spite of Germany's legal action to attempt to save him.

A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People's Republic of China, killing 61.

1996

The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.

1989

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of ''The Satanic Verses'' author Salman Rushdie.

United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.

1983

A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.

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