February 24

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on February 24. From 1900 until now. February 24 is under the sign of Pisces. Famous birthdays on this day include Steve Jobs (1955), George Harrison (1943) and Floyd Mayweather Jr (1977). Several movies were released around February 24 over the years, such as Fitzcarraldo in 1982 directed by Werner Herzog and Taken in 2017 directed by Pierre Morel.
But much more happened on February 24 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Independence Day in Estonia (1918; the Soviet period is considered illegal annexation).
Flag Day in MTxico.
St. Sergius
Dragobete in Romania.
St. Matthias
St. Modest
St. Edelbert
Blessed Ameel of Ter Duinen
Regifugium, in the Roman calendar.
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Events

2019 91st Academy Awards: The 91st Academy Awards are presented in Hollywood. Bohemian Rhapsody wins a leading four awards, followed by Black Panther, Green Book, which won Best Picture, and Roma, with three awards each. (The Guardian), (The New York Times)
2018 Somali Civil War (2009–present): February 2018 Mogadishu attack: Two car bombings near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, kill at least 38 people. Al-Shabaab claim responsibility for the attacks. (BBC)
2017 Syrian Civil War, Battle of al-Bab: The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL after months of fighting. (The Washington Post)A car bomb explodes in the Syrian village of Sousian, north of al-Bab, killing at least 60 people. (Time), (BBC), (AP)
2016 Kurdish–Turkish conflict: Turkish Air Force helicopters struck a group of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters in southeast Turkey, killing nine militants, according to security sources. (Yahoo! News)
2015 Military intervention against ISIL: John Key, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, announces plans to deploy up to 143 New Zealand Defence Force personnel to Iraq on a training mission to last no more than two years. (New Zealand Herald)A wave of bombings in Baghdad kills at least 37 people. (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
2014 2014 Ukrainian Revolution:: The European Commission recognizes Oleksandr Turchynov as Ukraine‘s legitimate interim president. (DPA via Europe Online)Ukrainian economist and banker Stepan Kubiv, who worked as one of the commandants for the EuroMaidan demonstrations, is selected as governor of the National Bank of Ukraine. (Reuters)An arrest warrant is issued for the former President Viktor Yanukovych and other officials for their alleged role in killing protesters. (AP via Fox News)
2013 Syrian civil war:: French freelance photographer Olivier Voisin, who was wounded near Idlib in January 2013, dies in Antakya, Turkey, after surgery. (France24)
2012 Arab Spring:
2011 Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103).
2010 The discovery of the sauropod genus Abydosaurus is announced. (ScienceDaily) (Irish Times)
2009 United States President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress. (BBC)
2008 Electronic Arts video game company makes a hostile bid of US$2 billion for Take-Two.
2007 Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
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.
2005 David Hernandez Arroyo goes on a shooting rampage at the Smith County Courthouse in Tyler, Texas. He kills two, including his ex-wife, and wounds four others before being killed in a police chase.
2004 The United States lifts a 23-year travel ban against Libya.
2003 Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles sells a 1943-D copper Lincoln cent graded MS-64 by PCGS for US$212,750, a record for any small cent.
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.
1998 Elton John knighted
1997 South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp.
1996 Cuba downs two US planes.
1995 Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74
1994 In Gloucester, local police begin excavations at 25 Cromwell Street, the home of Fred West, a suspect in multiple murders. On February 28, he and his wife are arrested.
1993 35th Grammy Awards: "Tears in Heaven" - Eric Clapton wins.
1991 Those Were The Days closes at Edison Theater NYC after 126 performances
1990 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
1989 US Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die
1988 Supreme Ct votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody
1987 Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack
1986 Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for US$676 million.
1985 Yul Brynner reprised his role in The King & I
1984 Iraq resumes air attack on Iran.
1983 A special commission of the Congress of the United States releases a report critical of the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
1982 Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers scores his 77th goal of the National Hockey League season, breaking the previous record of 76.
1981 Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak
1980 Canterbury Tales closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 16 performances
1979 War between North and South Yemen begins.
1978 Kevin Porter, New Jersey Nets, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a game.
1977 US President Jimmy Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights.
1976 Cuba adopts its constitution.
1974 Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round skater.
1972 North Vietnamese negotiators walk out of the Paris Peace Talks to protest U.S. air raids.
1971 Algeria nationalizes French oil companies.
1970 KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
1969 Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby
1968 Darling of the Day closes at George Abbott NYC after 31 performances
1967 Moscow forbids its satellite states to form diplomatic relations with West Germany.
1966 Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana.
1965 Beatles begin filming Help in Bahamas
1964 Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing title
1962 Sail Away closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 167 performances
1961 Explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit
1960 US beats Germany in Olympics hockey finals round, 9-1.
1958 In Cuba, Fidel Castro's ''Radio Rebelde'' begins broadcasting from Sierra Maestra.
1956 Doris Day records her most famous song: Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be). It is from Alfred Hitchcock's ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'', in which Day co-stars with James Stewart.
1955 Silk Stockings opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 461 performances
1952 Betty MacKinnon and Sam Snead win LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament.
1951 Bless You All closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 84 performances
1950 Labour wins British parliamentary election.
1949 V-2/WAC-Corporal first rocket to outer space, White Sands, New Mexico, 400km.
1948 Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia
1945 Egypt and Syria declares war on Nazi-Germany
1944 Leo Hendrick A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (Bakelite), dies at age 80.
1943 General Major Bradley flies to Algiers
1942 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German).
1941 43 Geuzen resistance fighter trial opens in The Hague.
1940 Frances Langford records When You Wish Upon a Star
1938 Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles.
1937 First US group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Washington DC.
1933 In Stratford, Texas, a bright fireball is seen in the sky, falling as a 4-pound metallic meteorite.
1932 Malcolm Campbell drives record speed (253.96 mph) at Daytona.
1927 John Golden Theater (Theatre Masque) opens at 252 W 45th St, New York City
1925 Thermite explosive first used to break up ice jam, Waddington, New York, USA.
1924 Johnny Weissmuller swims 100-metre record (57.4 seconds).
1923 Flying Scotsman goes into service
1920 Peace treaty gives Estonia independence.
1918 After 7 centuries of foreign rule, Estonia declares its independence from the Russian Empire. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia also declare their independence from the Russian Empire but as the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.
1917 Russian revolution breaks out (3 / 8 NS)
1912 Italy makes a surprise attack on the Ottoman port of Beirut, when the cruiser ''Giuseppe Garibaldi'' and the gunboat ''Volturno'' bombard the harbour. The attack kills 97 sailors and civilians.
1905 Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed.
1903 US signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
1902 Battle at Yzer Spruit Boer General De la Rey beats British.
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