About February 24
February 24, 2024 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.
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Pisces is the sun 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.
February 24: More About This Day
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.
What Happened On February 24
- 303 –Diocletian, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire.
- 1538 –Treaty of Nagyvarad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya.
- 1607 –L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
- 1803 –In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
- 1826 –The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War.
- 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.
- 1848 –King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
- 1863 –Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
- 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.
- 1944 –Merrill’s Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000 mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma.
- 1945 –Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
- 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 –United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.
- 1996 –The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.
- 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.
- 2007 –Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
- 2008 –Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.
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