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February 24
is the 55th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar
. There are 310 days remaining until the end of the year (311 in
leap years
).
- 1918
?
Estonia
declares its independence.
- 1920
? The
Nazi
Party is founded.
- 1942
- The
steamer
Struma
, with 764
Jewish
refugees on board is sunk in the
Bosporus
by a
Soviet
U-boat, having sailed under the
Flag
of
Panama
.
- 1945
?
Egyptian
Premier
Ahmed Maher Pasha
is killed in
parliament
.
- 1966
? While abroad,
Ghana
's
President
Kwame Nkrumah
is diposed from power in a
military
coup, and replaced by
Joseph Arthur Ankrah
.
- 1968
-
Vietnam War
: The
Tet Offensive
is halted;
South Vietnam
re-captures
Hue
.
- 1969
-
NASA
launches the
space
probe
Mariner 6
towards
Mars
.
- 1976
- A national
constitution
for
Cuba
is proclaimed.
- 1980
? The
Shekel
becomes the currency of
Israel
.
- 1980
? The
US
men's
ice hockey
team wins the gold medal over
Finland
at the
Winter Olympics
.
- 1981
? A magnitude 6.7
earthquake
hits
Athens
.
- 1981
?
Charles, Prince of Wales
and the future
Diana, Princess of Wales
announce their engagement.
- 1983
- A special commission of the
United States Congress
releases a report that condemns the practice of
Japanese
internment during
World War II
.
- 1984
-
Tyrone Mitchell
carries out the 49th Street
Elementary School
shooting in
Los Angeles
,
California
, killing 2 children and injuring 12.
- 1987
- In the
Great Magellanic Cloud
, the
Supernova
1987A
is discovered.
- 1989
-
Ayatollah Khomeini
offers 3
million
$
to anyone who kills the writer
Salman Rushdie
for his novel
The Satanic Verses
.
- 1989
-
United Airlines
Flight 811, travelling from
Honolulu
,
Hawaii
to
New Zealand
, rips open during mid-flight, blowing 9
passengers
out of the business class section, all of died as result.
- 1991
? In
Operation Desert Storm
the ground war begins.
- 1993
-
Yukihiro Matsumoto
invents the "Ruby" programming language.
- 1996
- Last occurrence of February 24 as
leap year
day in the
European Union
and the
Roman Catholic Church
.
- 1997
- A magnitude 6.5
earthquake
hits
Turkmenistan
and northern
Iran
, killing 100 people.
- 1103
?
Emperor Toba
of
Japan
(d.
1156
)
- 1304
?
Ibn Battuta
, traveller from present-day
Morocco
(date of death unknown)
- 1463
?
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
, Italian
humanist
(d.
1494
)
- 1500
?
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
(d.
1558
)
- 1536
?
Pope Clement VIII
(d.
1605
)
- 1547
- Don
John of Austria
, Spanish general (d.
1578
)
- 1557
?
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor
(d.
1619
)
- 1595
-
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski
, Polish writer and Latin poet (d.
1640
)
- 1597
?
Vincent Voiture
, French
poet
(d.
1648
)
- 1619
-
Charles Le Brun
, French painter (d.
1690
)
- 1622
-
Johannes Clauberg
, German
theologian
and
philosopher
(d.
1665
)
- 1709
-
Jacques de Vaucanson
, French inventor (d.
1782
)
- 1721
-
John McKinly
, American
physician
and
politician
,
President
of
Delaware
(d.
1796
)
- 1723
?
John Burgoyne
, British general and writer (d.
1792
)
- 1743
-
Joseph Banks
, British
botanist
(d.
1820
)
- 1767
-
Buddha Loeta Nabhalai
,
King
of
Siam
(d.
1824
)
- 1774
-
Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge
(d.
1850
)
- 1786
?
Wilhelm Grimm
, German storyteller (d.
1859
)
- 1791
-
Sveinbjorn Egilsson
, Icelandic
theologian
,
teacher
, translator and
poet
(d.
1852
)
- 1805
?
Julius Vogel
, 8th
Prime Minister of New Zealand
(d.
1899
)
- 1811
-
Edward Dickinson Baker
, British-born American
general
and
politician
(d.
1861
)
- 1811
-
Friedrich Daniel Bassermann
, German
entrepreneur
and liberal politician (d.
1855
)
- 1827
-
Lydia Becker
, British
activist
(d.
1890
)
- 1831
?
Leo von Caprivi
,
Chancellor of Germany
(d.
1899
)
- 1836
?
Winslow Homer
, American artist (d.
1910
)
- 1837
-
Rosalia de Castro
,
Galician
writer and poet (d.
1885
)
- 1842
-
Arrigo Boito
, Italian composer (d.
1918
)
- 1843
?
Teofilo Braga
, Portuguese writer and
statesman
(d.
1924
)
- 1846
-
Luigi Denza
, Italian composer (d.
1922
)
- 1848
-
Andrew Inglis Clark
,
Tasmanian
politician (d.
1907
)
- 1852
-
George Moore
, Irish writer (d.
1933
)
- 1864
-
Jose Pardo y Barreda
, two-time
President
of
Peru
(d.
1947
)
- 1866
?
Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev
, Russian
physicist
(d.
1912
)
- 1868
-
Edouard Alphonse James de Rothschild
, French financier and
polo
player (d.
1949
)
- 1874
-
Honus Wagner
, American
baseball
player and manager (d.
1955
)
- 1877
-
Rudolph Ganz
, Swiss pianist, conductor and composer (d.
1972
)
- 1880
?
Einar Arnorsson
,
Prime Minister
of
Iceland
(d.
1955
)
- 1885
?
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz
, Polish writer, painter and philosopher (d.
1939
)
- 1885
?
Chester W. Nimitz
, American
admiral
(d.
1966
)
- 1893
-
Ralph E. Gates
,
Governor
of
Indiana
(d.
1978
)
- 1895
-
Vsevolod Ivanov
, Russian writer (d.
1963
)
- 1896
-
Richard Thorpe
, American movie director (d.
1991
)
- 1897
-
Yang Xiufeng
, Chinese politician (d.
1983
)
- 1898
-
Kurt Tank
, German
engineer
and
pilot
(d.
1983
)
- 1899
?
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov
, Soviet-Russian pilot (d.
1985
)
- 1903
-
Vladimir Bartol
,
Slovene
writer
(d.
1967
)
- 1909
?
Max Black
, American
philosopher
(d.
1988
)
- 1912
?
Jiri Trnka
, Czech puppet maker and illustrator (d.
1969
)
- 1914
-
Weldon Kees
, American poet, musician and painter (d.
1955
)
- 1914
-
Zachary Scott
, American actor (d.
1965
)
- 1914
-
Ralph Erskine
, British
architect
(d.
2005
)
- 1921
-
Ingvar Lidholm
, Swedish
composer
(d.
2017
)
- 1921
-
Abe Vigoda
, American actor (d.
2016
)
- 1921
-
Douglass Watson
, American actor (d.
1989
)
- 1922
?
Richard Hamilton
, British painter and
collage
artist (d.
2011
)
- 1922
?
Steven Hill
, American actor (d.
2016
)
- 1924
-
Erik Nielsen
, Canadian politician (d.
2008
)
- 1925
-
Etel Adnan
, Lebanese-American writer and artist
- 1926
-
Erich Loest
, German writer (d.
2013
)
- 1927
-
Emmanuelle Riva
, French actress (d.
2017
)
- 1927
-
Trevor Colbourn
, Australian-American
professor
(d.
2015
)
- 1930
-
Barbara Lawrence
, American actress (d.
2013
)
- 1931
?
Dominic Chianese
, American actor
- 1932
-
Michel Legrand
, French composer
- 1932
-
Zell Miller
, former
Governor
of
Georgia
- 1932
-
John Vernon
, Canadian actor (d.
2005
)
- 1933
-
Ali Mazrui
, Kenyan-American academic and writer (d.
2014
)
- 1934
-
Renata Scotto
, Italian
soprano
- 1934
?
Bettino Craxi
, Italian politician (d.
2000
)
- 1934
?
Bingu wa Mutharika
,
President
of
Malawi
(d.
2012
)
- 1934
-
George Ryan
, former
Governor
of
Illinois
- 1935
-
Ryhor Baradulin
,
Belarussian
painter (d.
2014
)
- 1938
?
James Farentino
, American actor (d.
2012
)
- 1938
-
Phil Knight
, American
businessman
, co-founder of
Nike, Inc.
- 1940
?
Denis Law
, Scottish footballer
- 1940
-
Jimmy Ellis
, American boxer (d.
2014
)
- 1940
-
James Sloyan
, American actor
- 1942
?
Paul Jones
, English singer
- 1942
?
Joe Lieberman
, American politician
- 1942
-
Colin Bond
, Australian racing driver
- 1942
-
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
, Indian
philosopher
and theorist
- 1943
-
Terry Semel
, former
CEO
of
Yahoo
- 1943
-
Catherine Cesarky
, French
astronomer
- 1944
-
David J. Wineland
, American
physicist
- 1944
-
Ivica Racan
, 7th
Prime Minister
of
Croatia
(d.
2007
)
- 1946
-
Don Spiegelman
, former
Governor
of
Alabama
- 1946
-
Ratomir Dujkovic
, Serbian football manager
- 1947
-
Mike Fratello
, American
basketball
player
- 1947
-
Edward James Olmos
, American actor and director
- 1948
?
Walter Smith
, Scottish football manager
- 1948
?
Dennis Waterman
, English actor
- 1948
-
Francois Lacombe
, Canadian
ice hockey
player
- 1948
-
Jayalalithaa
, Indian
actress
and
politician
, 16th
Chief Minister
of
Tamil Nadu
(d.
2016
)
- 1950
-
George Thorogood
, American singer and guitarist
- 1951
-
Debra Jo Rupp
, American actress
- 1951
-
Helen Shaver
, Canadian actress
- 1951
-
Laimdota Straujuma
, former
Prime Minister
of
Latvia
- 1951
-
David Ford
, Northern Irish politician and former leader of the
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- 1952
-
Bruno Zuppiger
, Swiss politician (d.
2016
)
- 1954
-
Plastic Bertrand
, Belgian
singer
and
musician
- 1954
-
Sid Meier
, Canadian-American
computer
programmer
- 1955
?
Steve Jobs
, American computer pioneer,
CEO
of
Apple Inc.
(d.
2011
)
- 1955
?
Alain Prost
, French race car driver
- 1956
?
Judith Butler
, American philosopher
- 1956
-
Paula Zahn
, American journalist
- 1958
-
Sammy Kershaw
, American musician
- 1958
-
Mark Moses
, American actor
- 1959
-
Beth Broderick
, American actress
- 1961
-
Erna Solberg
,
Prime Minister
of
Norway
- 1963
-
Mike Vernon
, Canadian
ice hockey
player
- 1963
-
Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
- 1965
?
Hansi Flick
, German
football
coach
- 1965
-
Kristin Davis
, American actress
- 1965
-
Jane Swift
, former
Governor of Massachusetts
- 1966
?
Billy Zane
, American actor
- 1966
?
Ben Miller
, British comedian, actor and director
- 1967
?
Brian Schmidt
, American-Australian
astrophysicist
, 2011
Nobel Prize
winner
- 1967
-
Fernando Tejero
, Spanish
actor
- 1968
?
Mitch Hedberg
, American comedian (d.
2005
)
- 1971
?
Pedro de la Rosa
, Spanish racing driver
- 1971
-
Josh Bernstein
, American explorer and TV host
- 1971
-
Brian Savage
, Canadian
ice hockey
player
- 1971
-
Leda Battisti
, Italian singer
- 1972
-
Manon Rheaume
, Canadian
ice hockey
player
- 1973
?
Chris Fehn
, American musician (
Slipknot
)
- 1973
-
Yordan Yovchev
,
Bulgarian
gymnast
- 1973
-
Alexei Kovalev
, Russian
ice hockey
player
- 1974
?
Karim Bagheri
, Iranian
footballer
- 1974
-
Chad Hugo
, American musician
- 1974
-
Bonnie Somerville
, American actress
- 1975
-
Ashley MacIsaac
, Canadian
singer-songwriter
and
fiddler
- 1976
?
Eric Griffin
, American rock
guitarist
- 1976
?
Zach Johnson
, American
golfer
- 1977
?
Bronson Arroyo
, American
baseball
player
- 1977
?
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
, American boxer
- 1979
?
Claire Cooper
, English
actress
- 1981
?
Lleyton Hewitt
, Australian
tennis
player
- 1981
?
Mauro Rosales
, Argentine footballer
- 1982
?
Fala Chen
, Chinese
actress
and
model
- 1983
?
Matt McGinley
, American musician
- 1984
?
Marina Timofeieva
,
Estonian
ice dancer
- 1985
?
William Kvist
, Danish
footballer
- 1986
?
Wojtek Wolski
, Polish-Canadian
ice hockey
player
- 1987
?
Chieko Kawabe
, Japanese
singer
,
model
and
actress
- 1989
?
Trace Cyrus
, American musician
- 1989
?
Daniel Kaluuya
, British actor and writer
- 1989
?
Kostas Koufas
, Greek-American
basketball
player
- 1991
?
Madison Hubbell
, American ice dancer
- 1994
?
Earl Sweatshirt
, American rapper
- 2001
?
Ramona Marquez
, English actress
- 616
- King
Ethelbert of Kent
- 1386
?
Charles III of Naples
and
Hungary
- 1563
?
Francis, Duke of Guise
, French soldier and politician (b.
1519
)
- 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
)
- 1777
?
Joseph I of Portugal
(b.
1714
)
- 1785
-
Carlo Buonaparte
,
Corsican
lawyer
and
politician
(b.
1746
)
- 1799
-
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
, German
physicist
(b.
1742
)
- 1810
?
Henry Cavendish
, English physicist (b.
1731
)
- 1812
-
Etienne-Louis Malus
, French
physicist
and
mathematician
(b.
1725
)
- 1815
?
Robert Fulton
, American inventor (b.
1765
)
- 1856
?
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky
, Russian
mathematician
(b.
1792
)
- 1876
?
Joseph Jenkins Roberts
, first
President
of
Liberia
(b.
1809
)
- 1879
-
Shiranui Koemon
, Japanese
sumo
wrestler (b.
1825
)
- 1914
-
Joshua Chamberlain
,
American Civil War
figure (b.
1828
)
- 1925
?
Hjalmar Branting
,
Prime Minister
of
Sweden
(b.
1860
)
- 1929
-
Andre Messager
, French composer and conductor (b.
1853
)
- 1945
?
Ahmed Maher Pasha
, Egyptian Premier
- 1953
-
Gerd von Rundstedt
, German field marshal (b.
1875
)
- 1970
-
Conrad Nagel
, American actor (b.
1897
)
- 1973
-
Eugen Rosenstock-Hussey
, German-American sociologist and historian (b.
1888
)
- 1975
?
Nikolai Bulganin
, Soviet premier (b.
1895
)
- 1982
-
Virginia Bruce
, American actress and singer (b.
1910
)
- 1986
?
Tommy Douglas
, Scottish-Canadian politician (b.
1904
)
- 1988
?
Memphis Slim
, American
blues
singer and musician (b.
1915
)
- 1990
?
Sandro Pertini
,
President
of
Italy
(b.
1896
)
- 1991
-
George Gobel
, American
comedian
and
actor
(b.
1919
)
- 1991
-
John Charles Daly
, American
news
broadcaster and game show host (b.
1914
)
- 1993
?
Bobby Moore
, English footballer (b.
1941
)
- 1994
?
Dinah Shore
, American actress and singer (b.
1916
)
- 1994
-
Jean Sablon
, French
singer
and
actor
(b.
1906
)
- 1998
?
Antonio Prohias
, Cuban-born cartoonist (b.
1921
)
- 1998
-
Clara Fraser
, American
activist
(b.
1923
)
- 2001
?
Claude Shannon
, American
mathematician
and electro technician (b.
1916
)
- 2002
-
Leo Ornstein
, Ukrainian-American
pianist
and
composer
(b.
1912
)
- 2003
?
Bernard Loiseau
, French chef (b.
1951
)
- 2003
-
Christopher Hill
, British historian (b.
1912
)
- 2006
?
Don Knotts
, American actor (b.
1924
)
- 2006
-
Dennis Weaver
, American actor (b.
1924
)
- 2007
-
Leroy Jenkins
, American composer and
violinist
(b.
1932
)
- 2008
-
Larry Norman
, American musician, singer, songwriter and producer (b.
1947
)
- 2011
-
Anant Pai
, Indian educator and comics creator (b.
1929
)
- 2012
-
Jan Berenstain
, American writer (b.
1923
)
- 2014
-
Harold Ramis
, American
actor
,
director
,
producer
and
screenwriter
(b.
1944
)
- 2014
-
Franny Beecher
, American musician (
Bill Haley & His Comets
) (b.
1921
)
- 2014
-
Alexis Hunter
, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b.
1948
)
- 2014
-
Prokash Karmakar
, Indian painter (b.
1932
)
- 2015
-
Rakhat Aliyev
, Kazakhstani politician and diplomat (b.
1962
)
- 2015
-
Irving Kahn
, American financier (b.
1905
)
- 2015
-
Donald Keough
, American businessman (b.
1926
)
- 2015
-
Maurice Hurley
, American television writer and producer (b.
1939
)
- 2015
-
Bertrice Small
, American writer (b.
1937
)
- 2016
-
Ryszard Bender
, Polish politician (b.
1932
)
- 2016
-
Peter Kenilorea
,
Prime Minister
of the
Solomon Islands
(b.
1943
)
- 2016
-
Peter van der Merwe
, Dutch
footballer
(b.
1942
)
- 2016
-
Rafael Iriondo
, Spanish
footballer
(b.
1918
)
- 2016
-
Adriana Benetti
, Italian actress (b.
1919
)
- 2017
-
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
, Polish actor (b.
1924
)
- 2017
-
Daryl
, American magician (b.
1955
)
- 2018
-
Shmuel Auerbach
, Israeli
rabbi
(b.
1931
)
- 2018
-
Bud Luckey
, American actor and animator (b.
1934
)
- 2018
-
Folco Quilici
, Italian film director and screenwriter (b.
1930
)
- 2018
-
Sridevi
, Indian actress (b.
1963
)
- 2019
-
Donald Keene
, American and Japanese scholar, writer, translator and Japanese studies expert (b. 1922)