What are the important events that happened on February 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 24: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 24 is the 55th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 311 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 11, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 474,648 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontapentagon’ day.
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 340 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,082 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 24: This Day In History
By Roman custom, February 24 is the day added to a leap year in the Julian calendar. The Mensis Intercalaris began on this day or the following day in intercalary years in the pre-Julian calendar. This custom still has some effect around the world; for example, with respect to name days in Hungary.
February 24 Historical Events
1711 –
The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
1826 –
The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War.
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.
1895 –
Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the second war for Cuban independence, that ends with the Spanish-American War in 1898.
1942 –
The Battle of Los Angeles, one of the largest documented UFO sightings in history; the event lasted into the early hours of February 26, 1942.
1980 –
The United States Olympic Hockey team completes their Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal.
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.
1983 –
A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
2008 –
Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.
Who were born on February 24?
1767 –
Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, King of Siam (d. 1824)
1836 –
Winslow Homer, American artist (d. 1910)
1948 –
J. Jayalalithaa, Indian politician
1950 –
George Thorogood, American singer and guitarist
1955 –
Alain Prost, French race car driver
1960 –
Nick Esasky, American baseball player
1962 –
Michelle Shocked, American musician
1973 –
Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player
1973 –
Chris Fehn, American percussionist (Slipknot)
1978 –
John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run)
Who died on February 24?
1525 –
Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
1721 –
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)
1781 –
Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713)
1914 –
Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg (b. 1828)
1987 –
Jim Connors, American radio personality (b. 1940)
1989 –
Sparky Adams, American baseball player (b. 1894)
1999 –
David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, British politician and peer (b. 1904)
2001 –
Claude E. Shannon, American information theorist (b. 1916)
2004 –
John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)
2006 –
John Martin, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1947)
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