February 24

Sunday 24, 2002:

2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah ends.

Wednesday 24, 1999:

A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern China killing 61.

Saturday 24, 1996:

The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.

Friday 24, 1995:

The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.

Monday 24, 1992:

Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain marries Courtney Love.

Friday 24, 1989:

United Airlines Flight 811, bound forNew Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers and crew out of the first-class section.

Wednesday 24, 1988:

The Supreme Court of the United States sides with Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine by overturning a lower court decision to award Jerry Falwell $200,000 for defamation.

Thursday 24, 1983:

A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.

Tuesday 24, 1981:

Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Dr. Herman Tarnower, the author of the bestselling The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet.

Tuesday 24, 1976:

Cuba : national Constitution proclaimed

Monday 24, 1975:

Hard rock band Led Zeppelin release the classic double album Physical Graffiti.

Tuesday 24, 1970:

National Public Radio is founded.

Saturday 24, 1968:

Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.

Tuesday 24, 1948:

Cold War: The Communist Party seizes control of Czechoslovakia.

Sunday 24, 1946:

Juan Perón is elected president of Argentina.

Saturday 24, 1945:

Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.

Tuesday 24, 1942:

Propaganda: The Voice of America begins broadcasting.

Thursday 24, 1938:

A nylon bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product (DuPont) to be made with nylon yarn.

Tuesday 24, 1925:

A thermite (magnesium) bomb is used for the first time to break up a 250,000-ton ice jam clogging the St. Lawrence River near Waddington, New York.

Sunday 24, 1918:

Estonia is independent from Imperial Russia.

Saturday 24, 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 that country declares war on the United States.

Wednesday 24, 1909:

The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded.

Friday 24, 1899:

Western Washington University Established.

Thursday 24, 1881:

China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty

Monday 24, 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.

Tuesday 24, 1863:

Arizona is organized as a United States territory.

Thursday 24, 1848:

King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.

Sunday 24, 1839:

William Otis receives a patent for the steam shovel.

Thursday 24, 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.

Friday 24, 1826:

The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War.

Friday 24, 1804:

London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute,

Thursday 24, 1803:

The Supreme Court of the United States, in Marbury v. Madison, establishes the principle of judicial review.

Tuesday 24, 1739:

Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah

Tuesday 24, 1711:

The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.

Wednesday 24, 1582:

Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.

Tuesday 24, 303:

Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire.

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