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What happend on 24. February in History
In our data base we found 320 events happened on 24. February:
• 303: Diocletian, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire. [category: Events]
• 484: King Huneric removes the Catholic bishops from their offices and banished some to Corsica. A few are martyred, including former proconsul Victorian along with Frumentius and other merchants. They are killed at Hadrumetum after refusing to become Arians. [category: Events]
• 616: King Ethelbert of Kent [category: Deaths]
• 1103: Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) [category: Births]
• 1303: Battle of Roslin, of the First War of Scottish Independence. [category: Events]
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• 1304: Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. c.1368) [category: Births]
• 1387: King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda. [category: Events]
• 1463: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian humanist (d. 1494) [category: Births]
• 1500: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558) [category: Births]
• 1525: Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier [category: Deaths]
• 1525: Spanish-Imperial army defeat French army at Battle of Pavia. [category: Events]
• 1538: Treaty of Nagyvarad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya. [category: Events]
• 1545: Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) [category: Births]
• 1557: Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619) [category: Births]
• 1563: Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (b. 1519) [category: Deaths]
• 1582: Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar. [category: Events]
• 1588: Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist [category: Deaths]
• 1595: Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and Latin Poet (d. 1640) [category: Births]
• 1597: Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648) [category: Births]
• 1607: L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance. [category: Events]
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• 1619: Charles Le Brun, French artist (d. 1690) [category: Births]
• 1622: Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665) [category: Births]
• 1666: Nicholas Lanier, English composer (b. 1588) [category: Deaths]
• 1674: Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616) [category: Deaths]
• 1684: Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738) [category: Births]
• 1685: Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629) [category: Deaths]
• 1693: James Quin, English actor (d. 1766) [category: Births]
• 1704: Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643) [category: Deaths]
• 1709: Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1711: The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. [category: Events]
• 1714: Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b. 1637) [category: Deaths]
• 1721: John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648) [category: Deaths]
• 1723: John Burgoyne, British general (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1732: Colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
• 1767: Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, King of Siam (d. 1824) [category: Births]
• 1774: Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) [category: Births]
• 1777: King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1779: Paul Daniel Longolius, German encyclopedist (b. 1704) [category: Deaths]
• 1781: Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1786: Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1799: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (b. 1742) [category: Deaths]
• 1803: In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review. [category: Events]
• 1809: London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute. [category: Events]
• 1810: Matías Ramos Mejía, Argentine colonel (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1810: Henry Cavendish, English scientist (b. 1731) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: Robert Fulton, American inventor (b. 1765) [category: Deaths]
• 1822: The 1st Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated. [category: Events]
• 1824: Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, Royal Navy admiral (b. 1755) [category: Deaths]
• 1825: Thomas Bowdler, English physician and editor (b. 1754) [category: Deaths]
• 1826: The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War. [category: Events]
• 1831: Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1836: Winslow Homer, American artist (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1842: Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1846: Luigi Denza, Italian composer (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1848: Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1848: King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne. [category: Events]
• 1852: George A. Moore, Irish writer (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1856: Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1792) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: Arizona is organized as a United States territory. [category: Events]
• 1866: Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1866: Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1868: Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1872: Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1872: John Arthur Jarvis, British swimmer (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1874: Honus Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1876: Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1877: Ettie Rout, New Zealand activist (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1877: Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1879: Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty. [category: Events]
• 1885: Charles Daniels, American swimmer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1885: Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1885: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1890: Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1896: Richard Thorpe, American film director (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1898: Kurt Tank, German aeronautical engineer and test pilot (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1903: Vladimir Bartol, Slovene writer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1908: Telford Taylor, American lawyer (Nuremberg Trials) (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1909: August Derleth, American writer (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1909: Riccardo Freda, Italian film director (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1912: Jiří Trnka, Czech puppet maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1914: Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1914: Weldon Kees, American poet, musician, painter (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1914: Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1914: Eugène Balme, French shooter (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1918: Estonian Declaration of Independence. [category: Events]
• 1919: Betty Marsden, English comedy actress (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1919: Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian turned American international civil servant (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1920: Ernst Reiss, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1920: The Nazi Party is founded. [category: Events]
• 1921: Abe Vigoda, American actor [category: Births]
• 1921: Douglass Watson, American actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1921: Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1922: Richard Hamilton, English painter (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1922: Steven Hill, American actor [category: Births]
• 1923: David Soyer, American cellist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: Erik Nielsen, Canadian politician (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1925: Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Balys Gajauskas, Lithuanian politician [category: Births]
• 1926: Jean Alexander, English actress [category: Births]
• 1926: John Gunther Dean, American diplomat [category: Births]
• 1927: Emmanuelle Riva, French actress [category: Births]
• 1927: Frank MacKey, American polo player (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Sir Edward Marshall Hall, English barrister (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Barbara Lawrence, American actress [category: Births]
• 1929: André Messager, French composer and conductor (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Dominic Chianese, American actor [category: Births]
• 1932: John Vernon, Canadian actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1932: Michel Legrand, French composer [category: Births]
• 1933: Judah Folkman, American cancer researcher (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1934: Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1934: Linda Cristal, Argentina-born actress [category: Births]
• 1934: Renata Scotto, Italian soprano [category: Births]
• 1938: James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1938: Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British Baroness and Methodist reverend [category: Births]
• 1938: Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer [category: Births]
• 1939: Joy Mukherjee, Indian actor and director (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1940: Denis Law, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1940: Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1941: Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1942: Colin Bond, Australian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1942: Joe Lieberman, American politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Paul Jones, English singer (Manfred Mann and The Manfreds) [category: Births]
• 1942: The Battle of Los Angeles, one of the largest documented UFO sightings in history; the event lasted into the early hours of February 25, 1942. [category: Events]
• 1943: Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1943: Kent Haruf, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1943: Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician [category: Births]
• 1943: Terry Semel, American business executive [category: Births]
• 1944: Nicky Hopkins, British musician (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1944: Merrill's Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000 mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma. [category: Events]
• 1945: Barry Bostwick, American actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree. [category: Events]
• 1946: Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1946: John Stapleton, English television presenter [category: Births]
• 1947: Edward James Olmos, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Mike Fratello, American basketball head coach [category: Births]
• 1947: Rupert Holmes, English musician [category: Births]
• 1948: Dennis Waterman, British actor [category: Births]
• 1948: François Lacombe, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1948: J. Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Tim Staffell, English singer (Smile) [category: Births]
• 1948: Walter Smith, Scottish football manager [category: Births]
• 1950: George Thorogood, American singer and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1950: Steve McCurry, American photojournalist [category: Births]
• 1951: Debra Jo Rupp, American actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Helen Shaver, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Tony Holiday, German singer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1953: Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Ann Bell, American Teacher, Entrepreneur and Children's Book Author [category: Births]
• 1954: Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1954: Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, known for his work with Civilization series [category: Births]
• 1955: Alain Prost, French race car driver, a four-time World Formula One Drivers' Champion (1985; 1986; 1989 & 1993) [category: Births]
• 1955: Eddie L. Johnson, retired American professional basketball player and sex offender [category: Births]
• 1955: Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1956: Eddie Murray, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1956: Judith Butler, American philosopher [category: Births]
• 1956: Paula Zahn, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1956: Peter Pagel, German footballer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1958: Mark Moses, American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Sammy Kershaw, American musician [category: Births]
• 1959: Beth Broderick, American actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Owen Gleiberman, American film critic [category: Births]
• 1960: Nick Esasky, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Michelle Shocked, American musician [category: Births]
• 1962: Outi Mäenpää, Finnish actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Teri Weigel, American pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Dirk Greiser, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1963: Line Beauchamp, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro [category: Births]
• 1964: Andy Crane, British children's television presenter [category: Births]
• 1964: Russell Ingall, Australian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1964: Todd Field, American actor and film director [category: Births]
• 1965: Jane Swift, American politician [category: Births]
• 1965: Kristin Davis, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Lloyd McGrath, former English footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Ben Miller, English comedian, director and actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Billy Zane, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: René Arocha, Cuban baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate [category: Births]
• 1968: Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1968: Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué. [category: Events]
• 1970: Jeff Garcia, American football player [category: Births]
• 1970: Jonathan Ward, American television and movie actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Kienast quintuplets, American quintuplets [category: Births]
• 1970: Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: Josh Bernstein, American explorer and television host [category: Births]
• 1971: Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver [category: Births]
• 1971: Thomas Franck, German footballer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1972: Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: Chris Fehn, American percussionist (Slipknot and Will Haven) [category: Births]
• 1973: Christína Papadáki, Greek tennis player [category: Births]
• 1973: Richard Clapp, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Yordan Yovchev, Bulgarian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1974: Bonnie Somerville, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Chad Hugo, American musician (N*E*R*D) and producer (The Neptunes) [category: Births]
• 1974: Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian fiddler [category: Births]
• 1975: Maurizio Giuliano, writer and traveller [category: Births]
• 1975: Nikolai Bulganin, Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1976: Crista Flanagan, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1976: Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist (Murderdolls and Wednesday 13) [category: Births]
• 1976: Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1976: Matt Skiba, American musician (Alkaline Trio and Heavens) [category: Births]
• 1976: Zach Johnson, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1976: Cuba: national Constitution is proclaimed. [category: Events]
• 1977: Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Floyd Mayweather Jr, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1977: Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Jay Kenneth Johnson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: DeWayne Wise, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run and Taking Back Sunday) [category: Births]
• 1978: Shinya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey) [category: Births]
• 1979: Claire Cooper, English actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Jesse Billauer, American surfer [category: Births]
• 1979: Vitor Ribeiro, Brazilian mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1980: Anton Maiden, Swedish Internet celebrity (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1980: Roman Sloudnov, Russian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1980: Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1980: The United States Olympic Hockey team completes their Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal. [category: Events]
• 1981: Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1982: Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Fala Chen, Chinese-American actress and beauty pageant titleholder [category: Births]
• 1982: Kevin O'Neill, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Klára Zakopalová, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Nick Blackburn, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Virginia Bruce, American actress and singer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Matt McGinley, American musician (Gym Class Heroes and Kill The Front Man) [category: Births]
• 1983: A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II. [category: Events]
• 1984: Clivio Piccione, Monegasque racing driver [category: Births]
• 1984: Pieter Dirkx, Belgian film director [category: Births]
• 1984: Sterling James Keenan, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1984: Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Britney Stevens, American pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Wojtek Wolski, Polish/Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Kim Kyu Jong, Korean singer (SS501) [category: Births]
• 1987: Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model [category: Births]
• 1987: Jim Connors, American radio personality (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Kosta Koufos, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1989: Trace Cyrus, American musician (Metro Station) [category: Births]
• 1989: Sparky Adams, American baseball player (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a US$3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie. [category: Events]
• 1989: United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, blowing 9 passengers out of the business-class section. [category: Events]
• 1990: Stefan Müller, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Johnnie Ray, American singer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Sandro Pertini, Italian politician (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer [category: Births]
• 1991: George Gobel, American comedian (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: John Charles Daly, American news broadcaster and game show host (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Webb Pierce, American music singer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Bobby Moore, English footballer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper part of the collective (OFWGKTA) [category: Births]
• 1994: Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Jean Sablon, French singer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church. [category: Events]
• 1998: Antonio Prohías, Cuban-born cartoonist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Clara Fraser, American feminist and activist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Henny Youngman, English-born comedian (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Andre Dubus, American writer (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, British politician and peer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian labour leader (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2001: Claude E. Shannon, American information theorist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Theodore Marier, KCSG, American composer, founder of the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Bernard Loiseau, French chef (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: John Edward Christopher Hill, English historian (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Dan McIvor, Canadian aviation pioneer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Dennis Weaver, American actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Don Knotts, American actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: John Martin, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Octavia Butler, American author and MacArthur Foundation Fellow (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2007: Bruce Bennett, American actor (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Lamar Lundy, American football player (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea. [category: Events]
• 2008: Larry Norman, American musician, singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years. [category: Events]
• 2009: C. R. Johnson, American freestyle skier (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first Cricket player to score a Double hundred in One Day International format. [category: Events]
• 2011: Anant Pai, Indian educationalist and creator of comics (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103). [category: Events]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dragobete (Romania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Flag Day (Mexico) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Estonia from Russian Empire in 1918; the Soviet period is considered illegal annexation. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Modest (Bishop of Trier) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Artist Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Regifugium (Ancient Rome) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Matthias [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sergius of Cappadocia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Æthelberht of Kent [category: Holidays and observances]