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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 Year s. 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 , Roman Emperor , publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire .
- 1387 - King Charles III Of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda .
- 1538 - Treaty Of Nagyvarad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya .
- 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian Calendar .
- 1711 - The London premiere of '' Rinaldo '' by George Friderich Handel , the first Italian Opera written for the London stage.
- ian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of 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 Choctaw s 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 - King Louis-Philippe Of France abdicates the throne.
- 1863 - Arizona is organized as a 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 Impeached by the United States House Of Representatives . He is later acquitted in the 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.
- 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 .
- 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 Broadcast ing.
- 1945 - Egypt ian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
- 1946 - Juan Perón is elected president of Argentina .
- Party seizes control of Czechoslovakia .
- 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 ''.
- proclaimed.
- 1981 - Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of The Prince Of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer .
- 1981 - Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Dr. Herman Tarnower , the author of the bestselling '' The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet ''.
- 1983 - A special commission of the 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 '' 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 '' singer Kurt Cobain marries Courtney Love .
- 1995 - The 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 State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand , a 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 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah end.
- 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.
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 )
- 1831 - Leo Von Caprivi , Chancellor Of Germany (d. 1899 )
- 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 , English writer (d. 1933 )
- 1866 - Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev , Russian physicist (d. 1912 )
- 1874 - Honus Wagner , baseball player (d. 1955 )
- 1877 - Ettie Rout , New Zealand activist (d. 1936 )
- 1885 - Chester Nimitz , U.S. admiral (d. 1966 )
- 1885 - 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 , 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 )
- 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
- 1976 - Matt Skiba , Alkaline Trio
- 1977 - Floyd Mayweather Jr , American boxer
- 1977 - Jason Akermanis , Australian footballer
- 1981 - Lleyton Hewitt , Australian tennis player
- 1981 - Mohammad Sami , Pakistani cricketer (fast bowler)
- 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 , 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 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 , 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 (b. 1947 )
- 2006 - Dennis Weaver , American actor (b. 1924 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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