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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 310 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 11, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 483,432 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.
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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 358 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 4,448 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
- 303 –Diocletian, 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.
- 1582 –Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
- 1863 –Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
- 1917 –World War I: The 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 Mexico declares war on the United States.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
- 1971 –The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed 3 days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
- 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.
- 1989 –Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a US$3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
- 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.
Who were born on February 24?
- 1842 –Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (d. 1918)
- 1885 –Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d. 1966)
- 1932 –Michel Legrand, French composer
- 1934 –Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
- 1963 –Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1972 –Manon Rhéaume, Canadian female ice hockey player
- 1977 –Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
- 1981 –Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
- 1984 –Sterling James Keenan, American professional wrestler
- 1987 –Kim Kyu Jong, Korean singer (SS501)
Who died on February 24?
- 1721 –John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)
- 1732 –Colonel Francis Charteris, known as “The Rape-Master General”. (b. 1675)
- 1825 –Thomas Bowdler, English physician and editor (b. 1754)
- 1876 –Joseph Jenkins Roberts, first President of Liberia (b. 1809)
- 1925 –Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1860)
- 1989 –Sparky Adams, American baseball player (b. 1894)
- 1990 –Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
- 1991 –Webb Pierce, American music singer (b. 1921)
- 1998 –Henny Youngman, English-born comedian (b. 1906)
- 1999 –Andre Dubus, American writer (b. 1936)
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