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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1945 –Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
- 1976 –Cuba: national Constitution is proclaimed.
- 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.
- 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 –The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national convicted of murder during a botched bank robbery, in spite of Germany’s legal action to attempt to save him.
- 2011 –Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103).
Who were born on February 24?
- 1597 –Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648)
- 1885 –Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d. 1966)
- 1920 –Ernst Reiss, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2010)
- 1932 –Michel Legrand, French composer
- 1945 –Barry Bostwick, American actor
- 1947 –Rupert Holmes, English musician
- 1951 –Tony Holiday, German singer (d. 1990)
- 1971 –Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver
- 1981 –Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
- 1991 –Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
Who died on February 24?
- 1588 –Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist
- 1666 –Nicholas Lanier, English composer (b. 1588)
- 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)
- 1812 –Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
- 1914 –Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg (b. 1828)
- 1990 –Johnnie Ray, American singer (b. 1927)
- 1991 –Webb Pierce, American music singer (b. 1921)
- 2001 –Theodore Marier, KCSG, American composer, founder of the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (b. 1912)
- 2006 –Octavia Butler, American author and MacArthur Foundation Fellow (b. 1947)
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