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February 26th, 2005	Event	Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005 by asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76 of the constitution.
February 26th, 2004	Event	The United States lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years.
February 26th, 2004	Event	Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
February 26th, 2001	Event	The Taliban destroy two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan.
February 26th, 1995	Event	The United Kingdom s oldest investment banking firm, Barings Bank collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson, loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
February 26th, 1993	Event	World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.
February 26th, 1991	Event	Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
February 26th, 1990	Event	The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections.
February 26th, 1987	Event	Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes American President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
February 26th, 1986	Event	People Power Revolution in the Philippines.

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