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February 24
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'''
February 24''' is the 55th day of the
year in the
Gregorian Calendar. There are 310 days remaining, 311 in
leap years. By Roman custom
February 24 is the day added to a
leap year, and the occurrence of
February 29 is merely a consequence of this.
Events
*
303 -
Galerius,
List of Roman Emperors Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of
Christianity Christians in his portion of the
Empire.
*
1387 - King
Charles of Durazzo Charles III of Naples and
Hungary is assassinated at
Buda.
*
1582 -
Pope Gregory XIII announces the
Gregorian calendar.
*
1711 - The
London premiere of ''
Rinaldo (opera) Rinaldo'' by
George Friderich Handel, the first
Italian language Italian opera written for the
London stage.
*
1739 -
Battle of Karnal: The army of
History of Iran#Before the First World War Iranian ruler
Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the
Mughal emperor of
History of India#The Mughal era India,
Muhammad Shah.
*
1803 - The
Supreme Court of the United States, in ''
Marbury v. Madison'', establishes the principle of
judicial review.
*
1804 -
London's
Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner
Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute.
*
1826 - The signing of the
Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the
First Burmese War.
*
1831 - The
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the
Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The
Choctaws in
Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the
West.
*
1839 -
William Otis receives a
patent for the
steam shovel.
*
1848 -
Monarch King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
*
1863 -
Arizona is organized as a
Political divisions of the United States United States territory.
*
1868 - The first
parade to have floats is staged at
Mardi Gras in
New Orleans, Louisiana.
*1868 -
Andrew Johnson becomes the first
President of the United States to be
impeachment impeached by the
United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the
United States Senate Senate.
*
1881 -
China and
Russia sign the
Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
*
1899 -
Western Washington University is established.
*
1909 - The
Hudson Motor Car Company is founded.
*
1917 -
World War I: The
United States U.S. ambassador to the
United Kingdom is given the
Zimmermann Telegram, in which
Germany pledges to ensure the return of
New Mexico,
Texas, and
Arizona to
Mexico if that country declares war on the
United States.
*
1918 -
Estonia:
Declaration of independence from
Russia.
*
1925 - A
thermite (
magnesium) bomb is used for the first time to break up a 250,000-ton ice jam clogging the
St. Lawrence River near
Waddington, New York.
*
1938 - A
nylon-bristle
toothbrush becomes the first commercial product (
DuPont) to be made with nylon yarn.
*
1942 - The
Voice of America begins
broadcasting.
*
1945 -
Egyptian
Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in
Parliament after reading a decree.
*
1946 -
Juan Perón is elected president of
Argentina.
*
1948 -
Cold War: The
Communist Party seizes control of
Czechoslovakia.
*
1968 -
Vietnam War: The
Tet Offensive is halted;
South Vietnam recaptures
Hué.
*
1970 -
National Public Radio is founded.
*
1975 -
Hard rock band ''
Led Zeppelin'' release the classic
double album ''
Physical Graffiti''.
*
1976 -
Cuba : national
Constitution proclaimed.
*
1981 -
Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of
Charles, Prince of Wales The Prince of Wales and
Diana, Princess of Wales Lady Diana Spencer.
*1981 -
Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Dr.
Herman Tarnower, the author of the bestselling ''
Scarsdale Diet The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet''.
*
1983 - A special commission of the
Congress of the United States U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of
Japanese internment during
World War II.
*
1988 - The
Supreme Court of the United States sides with
Larry Flynt's ''
Hustler'' magazine by overturning a lower court decision to award
Jerry Falwell $200,000 for
defamation.
*
1989 -
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a
USD $3 million bounty for the death of ''
The Satanic Verses (novel) The Satanic Verses'' author
Salman Rushdie.
*1989 -
United Airlines Flight 811, bound for
New Zealand from
Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.
*
1992 - ''
Nirvana (band) Nirvana'' singer
Kurt Cobain marries
Courtney Love.
*
1995 - The
Corona (satellite) Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from
1959 to
1972, is declassified.
*
1996 - The last occurrence of February 24 as a
leap day in the
European Union and for the
Roman Catholic Church.
*
1999 - The
U.S. State State of
Arizona executes
Karl LaGrand, a
Germany German national involved in an armed robbery, in spite of
Germany's legal action to attempt to save him.
*1999 - A
China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to
Wenzhou airport in eastern
China, killing 61.
*
2002 - The
2002 Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games in
Salt Lake City, Utah end.
*
2006 -
Philippines Philippine President of the Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares
Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a
2006 state of emergency in the Philippines state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
Births
*
1103 -
Emperor Toba of Japan (d.
1156)
*
1304 -
Ibn Battuta, explorer
*
1463 -
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian humanist (d.
1494)
*
1500 -
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d.
1558)
*
1547 -
Don John of Austria, military leader (d.
1578)
*
1557 -
Mathias, Holy Roman Emperor (d.
1619)
*
1597 -
Vincent Voiture, French poet (d.
1648)
*
1619 -
Charles Le Brun, French artist (d.
1690)
*
1622 -
Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d.
1665)
*
1684 -
Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d.
1738)
*
1693 -
James Quin, English actor (d.
1766)
*
1709 -
Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d.
1782)
*
1723 -
John Burgoyne, British general (d.
1792)
*
1774 -
Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d.
1850)
*
1786 -
Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d.
1859)
*
1836 -
Winslow Homer, American artist (d.
1910)
*
1842 -
Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (d.
1918)
*
1846 -
Luigi Denza, Italian composer (d.
1922)
*
1848 -
Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (d.
1907)
*
1852 -
George Moore (novelist) George Moore, English writer (d.
1933)
*
1866 -
Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d.
1912)
*
1874 -
Honus Wagner, baseball player (d.
1955)
*
1877 -
Ettie Annie Rout Ettie Rout, New Zealand activist (d.
1936)
*
1885 -
Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d.
1966)
*1885 -
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d.
1939)
*
1890 -
Marjorie Main, American actress (d.
1975)
*
1909 -
August Derleth, American writer (d.
1971)
*
1914 -
Zachary Scott, American actor (d.
1965)
*1914 -
Ralph Erskine, British architect (
Byker Wall) (d.
2005)
*
1921 -
Abe Vigoda, American actor
*1921 -
Douglass Watson, American actor (d.
1989)
*
1922 -
Richard Hamilton (artist) Richard Hamilton, English painter
*1922 -
Steven Hill, American actor
*
1923 -
David Soyer, American cellist
*
1932 -
Michel Legrand, French composer
*1932 -
John Vernon, Canadian actor (d.
2005)
*
1934 -
Bettino Craxi,
Prime Minister of Italy (d.
2000)
*1934 -
Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
*1934 -
Linda Cristal, Argentina-born actress
*
1938 -
James Farentino, American actor
*1938 -
Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer
*1938 -
Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British Baroness and Methodist reverend
*
1940 -
Denis Law Scottish footballer
*
1942 -
Joseph Lieberman, American politician and vice presidential candidate
*
1943 -
Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer
* 1943 -
Terry Semel, chairman and CEO of
Yahoo!
*
1944 -
Nicky Hopkins, British musician (d.
1994)
*
1946 -
Barry Bostwick, American actor
*
1947 -
Rupert Holmes, English musician
*1947 -
Edward James Olmos, American actor
*
1948 -
J. Jayalalithaa, Indian politician
*1948 -
Walter Smith, Scottish football manager
*1948 -
Dennis Waterman, British actor
*
1950 -
Pete Duel, American actor (d.
1971)
*
1951 -
Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
*1951 -
Helen Shaver, Canadian actress
*
1955 -
Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer
*1955 -
Alain Prost, French race car driver
*
1956 -
Paula Zahn, American journalist
*1956 -
Eddie Murray, former baseball player
*
1958 -
Sammy Kershaw, American musician
*1958 -
Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer
*
1962 -
Michelle Shocked, American musician
*1962 -
Teri Weigel, American pornography actress
*
1963 -
Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey goalie
*
1964 -
Andy Crane, British children's television presenter
*
1966 -
Billy Zane, American actor
*
1968 -
Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (d.
2005)
*
1970 -
Jeff Garcia, American football player
*
1972 -
Stewart Isbell, American photographer
*
1973 -
Chris Fehn, American Percussionist (
Slipknot (band) Slipknot)
*1973 -
Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgarian gymnast
*1973 -
Alexei Kovalev, Russian hockey player
*
1974 -
Chad Hugo, American musician and producer (
The Neptunes)
*
1975 -
Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian fiddler
*
1977 -
Floyd Mayweather Jr, American Boxer
*1977 -
Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer
*
1981 -
Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
*
1982 -
Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player
*
1987 -
Daniel Reilly, British entrepreneur
*1987 -
Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model
Deaths
*
616 - King
Ethelbert of Kent
*
1525 -
Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
*
1563 -
Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (b.
1519)
*
1588 -
Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist
*
1666 -
Nicholas Lanier, English composer (b.
1588)
*
1674 -
Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b.
1616)
*
1685 -
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b.
1629)
*
1704 -
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b.
1643)
*
1714 -
Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b.
1637)
*
1721 -
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b.
1648)
*
1777 - King
Joseph I of Portugal (b.
1714)
*
1779 -
Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b.
1704)
*
1781 -
Edward Capell, English critic (b.
1713)
*
1799 -
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (b.
1742)
*
1810 -
Henry Cavendish, English scientist (b.
1756)
*
1812 -
Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b.
1775)
*
1815 -
Robert Fulton, American inventor (b.
1765)
*
1825 -
Thomas Bowdler, English physician and editor (b.
1754)
*
1856 -
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (b.
1792)
*
1914 -
Joshua Chamberlain,
American Civil War Civil War hero for the Union on
Little Round Top at the
Battle of Gettysburg
*
1925 -
Hjalmar Branting,
Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (b.
1860)
*
1970 -
Conrad Nagel, American actor (b.
1897)
*
1975 -
Nikolai Bulganin,
Premier of the Soviet Union (b.
1895)
*
1984 -
Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (b.
1912)
*
1990 -
Tony Conigliaro, baseball player (b.
1945)
*1990 -
Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (b.
1917)
*1990 -
Sandro Pertini, Italian politician (b.
1896)
*1990 -
Johnnie Ray, American singer (b.
1927)
*
1991 -
John Charles Daly John Daly, South African game show host (b.
1914)
*1991 -
George Gobel, American comedian (b.
1919)
*
1993 -
Bobby Moore, English footballer (b.
1941)
*
1994 -
Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b.
1916)
*
1998 -
Antonio Prohias, Cuban-born cartoonist (b.
1921)
*1998 -
Henny Youngman, English-born comedian (b.
1906)
*
1999 -
Andre Dubus, American writer (b.
1936)
*
2001 -
Claude E. Shannon, American information theorist (b.
1916)
*
2002 -
Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (b.
1912)
*
2003 -
John Edward Christopher Hill, English historian (b.
1912)
*2003 -
Bernard Loiseau, French chef (b.
1951)
*
2004 -
John Randolph (actor) John Randolph, American actor (b.
1915)
*
2006 -
Octavia Butler, American author and
MacArthur Foundation Fellow (b.
1947)
* 2006 -
Don Knotts, American actor (b.
1924)
* 2006 -
John Martin (Canadian broadcaster) John Martin, Canadian broadcaster (b.
1947)
* 2006 -
Dennis Weaver, American actor (b.
1924)
Holidays and observances
*
Regifugium, in the
Roman calendar.
*
Independence Day in
Estonia (
1918; the Soviet period is considered illegal annexation).
*
Flag Day in Mexico Flag Day in
México.
*
Dragobete in
Romania.
Liturgical feasts
*
St. Modest
*
St. Edelbert
*
St. Sergius
*Blessed Ameel of
Ter Duinen
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
-
''The New York Times'': On This Day
-
On This Day in Canada
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February 23 -
February 25 -
January 24 -
March 24 --
historical anniversaries listing of all days
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