Notable Historical Events on February 24th
February 24th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
303 |
1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued by Emperor Diocletian |
1208 |
St Francis of Assisi, 26, received his vocation in Portiuncula Italy |
1296 |
Pope Boniface VIII degree Clericis Iaicos |
1387 |
King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda. |
1389 |
Battle at Falköping: Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden |
1496 |
England's Henry VII ends commercial dispute with Flanders |
1510 |
Pope Julius II excommunicates the republic of Venice |
1525 |
Battle of Pavia: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V's troops beat the French. French King Francois I captured, 15,000 killed/wounded |
1527 |
Ferdinand of Austria crowned as king of Bohemia |
1528 |
Hungarian anti-king Janos Zapolyai & Sultan Suleiman signs treaty |
1530 |
1st imperial coronation by a Pope, Charles V crowned by Clement V |
1538 |
Treaty of Nagyvarad/Peace of Grosswardein signed between Ferdinand I of Austria and John Zápolya of Hungary. |
1541 |
Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia (or 2/12) |
1552 |
Privileges of Hanseatic League in England are abrogated |
1582 |
Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar |
1597 |
Flemish painter Frederick of Valckenborch becomes porter of Frankfurt-on-Main |
1607 |
Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Orfeo," premieres in Mantua |
1708 |
Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Groningen |
1711 |
Handel's opera "Rinaldo" premieres at Haymarket theatre in London |
1739 |
Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah. |
1779 |
George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British |
1786 |
Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India |
1793 |
French troops conquer Breda |
1803 |
Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison) |
1804 |
London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute. |
1807 |
17 die & 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty & Elizabeth Godfrey in England |
1821 |
Mexico gains independence from Spain |
1826 |
The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War. |
1835 |
Siwinowe Kesibwi (Shawnee Sun) is 1st Indian lang monthly mag |
1839 |
Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia |
1848 |
King Louis-Philippe abdicates, 2nd French republic declared |
1855 |
US Court of Claims forms for cases against government |
1857 |
1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to government |
1857 |
LA Vineyard Society organized |
1863 |
Arizona Territory created |
1863 |
Forrest's raid on Brentwood, Tennessee |
1864 |
-Feb 25] Battle of Tunnel Hill, GA (Buzzard's Roost) |
1868 |
1st US parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile Alabama) |
1868 |
House of Reps vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson |
1875 |
The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries. |
1876 |
Henrik Ibsen's "Peer Gynt," premieres in Oslo |
1881 |
De Lesseps' Co begins work on Panama Canal |
1881 |
China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty. |
1888 |
Louisville, Ky becomes 1st government in US to adopt Australian ballot |
1891 |
French troops under capt Archinard occupy Diena West Sudan |
1893 |
The American University is chartered by an act of the Congress of the United States of America. |
1894 |
Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of) |
1895 |
Cuban war for independence begins |
1896 |
Victoria all out for 43 vs South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27 |
1899 |
Western Washington University is established. |
1902 |
Battle at Yzer Spruit: Boer general De la Rey beats British |
1905 |
Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed |
1906 |
Tomas Estrada Palma defeats Jose Gomez in the election for president of Cuba, but Gomez and his followers refuse to accept results and sponsor an uprising |
1908 |
In 'Muller v Oregon', the US Supreme Court favors an Oregon law limiting maximum hours a woman may work and denies that it curtails 'liberty of contract' |
1909 |
The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded. |
1911 |
Japan and the US conclude a treaty that continues restrictions on Japanese laborers |
1914 |
Frank Craven's "Too Many Cooks," premieres in NYC |
1917 |
German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram) |
1917 |
Red Sox sell Smokey Joe Wood, his arm dead at 26, to Cleve for $15,000 |
1918 |
Estonia declares independence from Russia |
1920 |
NSDAP begins at Hofbrauhaus Munich |
1920 |
Peace treaty gives Estonia independence |
1921 |
1st transcontinental flight in 24 hrs flying time arrives Florida |
1923 |
Flying Scotsman goes into service |
1923 |
Mass arrests in US of mafia |
1924 |
Greek parliament proclaims republic |
1924 |
Johnny Weissmuller, swims 100m record (57 2/5 secs) |
1924 |
Mahatma Gandhi released from jail |
1925 |
Thermite explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, NY |
1927 |
John Golden Theater (Theatre Masque) opens at 252 W 45th St NYC |
1932 |
Malcolm Campbell drives record speed (253.96 mph) at Daytona |
1933 |
Final demonstration of German communist party in Berlin |
1933 |
League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria |
1937 |
1st US group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Wash, DC |
1938 |
Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles |
1939 |
Roy Harris' 3rd Symphony, premieres in Boston |
1940 |
Frances Langford records "When You Wish Upon a Star" |
1941 |
43 Geuzen resistance fighter trial opens in the Hague |
1941 |
Anti nazi meeting at Noordermarkt Amsterdam |
1942 |
Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German) |
1942 |
The "Battle of Los Angeles" takes place, lasting until the next day. |
1943 |
Gen-major Bradley flies to Algiers |
1943 |
Texas League announces it will quit for the duration of WW II |
1944 |
Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war |
1945 |
Egypt & Syria declares war on nazi-Germany |
1945 |
Manila freed from Japanese |
1945 |
Nazi occupiers begin state of siege |
1945 |
Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree. |
1946 |
Juan Peron elected President of Argentina |
1948 |
Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia |
1949 |
Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement |
1949 |
V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to 5x speed of sound at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, |
1950 |
Labour wins British parliamentary election |
1951 |
"Bless You All" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 84 perfs |
1951 |
Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran & Paul Falk of GER |
1951 |
Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of GRB |
1951 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button USA |
1952 |
Betty MacKinnon & Sam Snead wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament |
1955 |
"Silk Stockings" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 461 performances |
1955 |
Pact of Baghdad between Iraq & Turkey signed |
1960 |
Italian government of Segni falls |
1960 |
US beats Germany in Olympic hockey finals round, 9-1 |
1961 |
Explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit |
1962 |
"New Faces of '62" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 28 performances |
1962 |
"Sail Away" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 167 performances |
1962 |
General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea |
1962 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1965 |
Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas |
1965 |
East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt |
1966 |
Coup ousts Pres Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana |
1966 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1968 |
"Darling of the Day" closes at George Abbott NYC after 31 perfs |
1968 |
Discovery of 1st pulsar announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish) |
1968 |
Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games |
1968 |
US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam |
1969 |
Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby |
1969 |
Northern Ireland Stormont parliament election held leading to fragmentation of the Unionist party into 'Official Unionist' and 'Unofficial Unionist' |
1970 |
29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland) |
1970 |
Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records |
1970 |
KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting |
1971 |
Algeria nationalizes 51 percent of French oil concessions |
1974 |
Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champ all-round skater |
1974 |
Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh |
1976 |
Cuba adopts its constitution |
1976 |
Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in NYC |
1976 |
Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU |
1977 |
Pres Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights |
1978 |
Kevin Porter, NJ, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a game |
1979 |
Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas |
1979 |
War between North & South Yemen begins |
1980 |
"Canterbury Tales" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 16 performances |
1980 |
Joanne Carner Ladies wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic |
1980 |
Rangers score 5 power-play goals against Islanders |
1980 |
USA Olympic hockey team defeated Finland, 4-2, to win the gold medal |
1981 |
Britain's Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer |
1981 |
Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower |
1981 |
An earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city. |
1982 |
Basketball team Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak |
1982 |
24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins |
1982 |
Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92 |
1983 |
Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for 1st time |
1983 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
1983 |
A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II. |
1984 |
Iraq resumes air attack on Iran |
1985 |
Amy Alcott wins LPGA Circle K Golf Open Tucson |
1985 |
Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal |
1985 |
Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yds |
1985 |
Yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King & I" |
1986 |
Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million |
1986 |
Voyager 2, 1st Uranus flyby |
1987 |
29th Grammy Awards: Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby wins |
1987 |
LA Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point |
1987 |
Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack |
1988 |
Matti Nykanen becomes winter olympics 1st triple gold medalist |
1988 |
South African apartheid regime bans the UDF |
1988 |
Supreme Ct votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody |
1989 |
150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found |
1989 |
Harold E Ballard sells CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats to David Braley |
1989 |
Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife |
1989 |
US Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die |
1989 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1989 |
Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1M-$3M bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses" |
1990 |
Beth Daniel wins LPGA Orix Hawaiia Ladies Golf Open |
1991 |
"Those Were The Days" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 126 perfs |
1991 |
End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft |
1991 |
US & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops |
1993 |
35th Grammy Awards: Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton wins |
1994 |
Scoreboard is unveiled at new Cleve Indians' park (Jacobs Field) |
1995 |
Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74 |
1995 |
The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified. |
1996 |
Cuba downs 2 US planes |
1996 |
Meg Mallon wins LPGA Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open |
1996 |
The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church. |
1997 |
Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th) |
1997 |
South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp |
1997 |
Qatar inaugurates the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporting facility and formally launches Qatar Liquefied Gas Co. |
1998 |
Elton John knighted |
1998 |
NHL resumes season since Feb 8th to accomodate the Olympics |
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 the People's Republic of China, killing 61. |
1999 |
41st Grammy Awards: My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic), Lauryn Hill wins |
2002 |
XIX Winter Olympics closes in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
2002 |
Canada defeats the United States 5-2 to win the men's ice hockey Olympic Gold Medal |
2006 |
President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue possible military coup. |
2007 |
27th Golden Raspberry Awards: Basic Instinct 2 wins |
2008 |
Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years. |
2008 |
80th Academy Awards - "No Country for Old Men," Daniel Day-Lewis & Marion Cotillard win |
2010 |
Sachin Tendulkar scored the the first double century in One Day International cricket. |
2010 |
Europe risks a double-dip recession after bad results emerge from France, Germany and Italy, it is reported today; the Eurozone only grew by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2009 |
2011 |
Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103). |
2013 |
10 Chadian soldiers and 28 Muslim insurgents are killed in conflict in Adrar des Ifoghas, Mali |
2013 |
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2013 |
Nicos Anastasiades wins the Cypriot presidential election |
2013 |
Raúl Castro is elected to a second term as the President of Cuba |
2013 |
Jimmie Johnson wins the 2013 Daytona 500 |
2014 |
Pope Francis creates a second Secretariat with the power to audit any Vatican agency at any time |
2014 |
7 people are killed & 37 are injured after a bridge collapses in Vietnam |
2014 |
A 4.4 billion-year-old Crystal is discovered to be the oldest known fragment from the earth's crust |
2016 |
Plane crashes in Nepal; all 21 on board feared dead |
2016 |
Apple CEO Tim Cook: Unlocking terrorist's iPhone is 'bad for America' |
2017 |
North Korea Accuses China of 'Mean Behavior' After It Tightens Sanctions |
2017 |
Kim Jong-nam Was Killed by VX Nerve Agent, Malaysians Say |
2017 |
Google Self-Driving Car Unit Accuses Uber of Using Stolen Technology |
2017 |
US reverses Obama-era move to phase out private prisons |
2017 |
Baidu's quarterly revenue falls 2.6 percent |
2018 |
Ex-Trump aide Gates pleads guilty in deal with special counsel |
2018 |
Corporate partners cut cord with NRA as gun control debate rages |
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