David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
First appearance of Pokémon in the role-playing video game "Pocket Monsters Red and Green" for Game Boy in Japan.
Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India.
Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green were the two first installments of the Pokémon franchise and the core series itself. They were released for the Game Boy on this day February 27, 1996, exclusively in Japan.
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Silicon Graphics announced a strategic cash tender offer to acquire 75 percent of Cray Research's stock at US$30 per share, with a total transaction value of US$576 million. John Aymer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair KCVO MBE JP DL died this day,
This significant merger in the high-performance computing sector was expected to be completed by June 1996, representing a major consolidation in the technology industry.
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A tragic terrorist attack occurred in Israel, where two suicide bombings resulted in 25 fatalities and 80 injuries.
Rajindra Dhanraj takes 16-167 in match Trinidad v Leeward Islands
The Palestinian militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attacks, escalating tensions in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Brothers to the Rescue planes were shot down by Cuban fighter jets.
Last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church
Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue were shot down by Cuban fighter jets in international waters, escalating tensions between Cuba and the United States.
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William Bonin became the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the state of California, marking a significant moment in the state's criminal justice history.
William George Bonin was also called the Freeway Killer and the Freeway Strangler, was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured, and murdered young men and boys between November 1968 and June 1980 in southern California.
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Spaces shuttle Columbia 19 (STS 75) launches into orbit. Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands and Walt Disney Company officially launches Disney.com
The space shuttle Columbia, its rockets spewing orange fire and a long trail of white vapor, blasted its way into earth orbit on this day, carrying two American astronauts on a daring journey to test the world's first re-usable spaceship.
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