February 24

The February 24 is the 55th day of the Gregorian calendar, so stay 310 days ( 311 days in leap years ) of the year.

  • 2.1 Before the 19th century
  • 2.2 19th century
  • 2.3 20th century 2.3.1 1901-1950
  • 2.3.2 1951-2000
  • 3.1 Before the 19th century
  • 3.2 19th century
  • 3.3 20th century
  • 3.4 21st century

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • 2006: In the Philippines, there is a coup attempt against President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo, who immediately imposed a state of emergency. The exact circumstances and whether it has in fact been a coup attempt, however, remain unclear.
  • 2008: Raúl Castro in Cuba is chosen by the Parliament both Head of State as head of government. His ill brother Fidel Castro had earlier said the waiver of any other candidate.

Economy

Science and Technology

Culture

  • 2008: At the Oscars 2008, the Austro- German feature film receives The Counterfeiters by Stefan Ruzowitzky about the National Socialist Action Bernhard in WWII the Oscar for best foreign language film.

Religion

Disasters

Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.

Nature and Environment

  • 2005: A large part of the famous formation Wissower tabs on the Jasmund chalk cliffs of Rügen in the Baltic Sea crashes.

Sports

Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.

Born

Before the 19th century

19th century

20th century

1901-1950

1951-2000

Died

Before the 19th century

  • 0616: Aethelberht, King of Kent
  • 1157: Jon Birgisson, first Archbishop of Norway
  • 1169: Bertha of Tübingen, wife of Margrave Herman IV of Baden
  • 1260: Irmengard by Rhine, Marchioness of Baden
  • 1386: Charles II, King of Hungary
  • 1475: Charles I, Margrave of Baden
  • 1496: Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg
  • 1525: Louis II de La Trémoille, French commander
  • 1530: Properzia de ' Rossi, Italian sculptor of the Renaissance
  • 1563: François de Lorraine, duc de Guise, French military leader and statesman
  • 1581: Fabricio Dentex, Italian lutenist and composer
  • 1588: Johann Weyer, German physician, opponents of witch-hunting
  • 1641: Count Philipp Wolfgang von Hanau -Lichtenberg, Count of Hanau -Lichtenberg
  • 1657: Rudolf Hieronymus Eusebius of Colloredo- Waldsee, Bohemian nobleman, Field Marshal, Governor of Prague
  • 1674: Matthias Weckmann, German composer of the Baroque
  • 1692: Antimo Liberati, Italian music theorist, singer, organist, conductor and composer
  • 1704: Marc- Antoine Charpentier, French composer
  • 1714: Edmund Andros, British colonial governor of New York
  • 1721: John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, British statesman and poet
  • 1722: John d' Outrein, Dutch preacher and writer
  • 1777: Joseph I, King of Portugal from the house of Braganza
  • 1779: Paul Daniel Longolius, German encyclopedist
  • 1784: Anton Laube, Bohemian composer and church musician
  • 1796: Karl Aloys von Koenigsegg - Aulendorf, German nobleman, Auxiliary Bishop of Köln
  • 1799: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German naturalist and writer of aphorisms

19th century

20th century

21st Century

  • 2001: Claude Elwood Shannon, American mathematician
  • 2002: Martin Esslin, a British theater scholar
  • 2002: Eva Hoffmann- Aleith, German pastor and writer
  • 2002: Leo Ornstein, Russian pianist and composer
  • 2004: Virtu Maragno, Argentine composer
  • 2004: Aaron Corthen Reed, American blues saxophonist and singer
  • 2005: Jochen Bleicken, German historian
  • 2005: Rolf Illig, German actor
  • 2005: Hans -Jürgen Vishnevsky, German politician, MP, MEP, Federal Minister
  • 2006: Don Knotts, American actor and comedian
  • 2006: Alf Marholm, German actor and spokesman
  • 2006: Dennis Weaver, American actor
  • 2007: Leroy Jenkins, American composer
  • 2007: Lamar Lundy, U.S. American football player
  • 2008: Günther Rücker, German writer
  • 2010: Pietro Mitolo, Italian politician
  • 2014: Harold Ramis, American actor and film director

Holidays and observances

  • Religious observances St. Matthias, scribe, martyrs and apostles (Protestant, Anglican, Catholic ( only in German speaking area ), Armenian )
  • Johann Christoph Blumhardt, German minister ( Protestant)
  • Name Days Matthias
  • State Holidays and observances Estonia: Independence Day (1918 )

More entries contains the list of commemorative and action days.

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February 16 February 28 February 30 1303 Battle of Roslin 1389 Margaret I of Denmark Albert, King of Sweden 1510 Interdict April 27 Maritime republics Battle of Pavia Georg von Frundsberg 1527 1529 German colonization of the Americas Klein-Venedig Santa Ana de Coro Pope Clement VII 1538 1554 House of Wettin 1582 Inter gravissimas 1663 1793 Republic of Mainz Democracy 1803 1821 Vicente Guerrero Plan of Iguala 1826 Kingdom of Mrauk U British Raj 1848 French Revolution of 1848 1863 New Mexico Campaign New Mexico Territory Arizona Territory Prescott (Arizona) 1867 Reichstag (North German Confederation) North German Confederation 1868 Andrew Johnson History of Estonia Soviet Russia 1920 German Workers' Party Adolf Hitler Anton Drexler Gottfried Feder National Socialist Program 1921 Kronstadt 1942 1945 Voronezh Front Lower Silesian Offensive 1946 1949 History of Israel 1949 Armistice Agreements 1956 Peaceful coexistence 1965 1966 National Liberation Council 1989 1991 1999 National Assembly of People's Power 1938 1980 Israel Israeli lira 1871 Charles Darwin 1896 Henri Becquerel 1905 Treetrunk coffin Nordic Bronze Age 1969 Space probe 1987 1993 2011 1607 Claudio Monteverdi 1653 Antonio Bertali 1711 1807 Justin Heinrich Knecht 1804 1810 1814 Conradin Kreutzer 1857 1876 Henrik Ibsen Peer Gynt Edvard Grieg 1906 1937 Ottorino Respighi At San Quentin 1971 1975 Led Zeppelin Swan Song Records Physical Graffiti 1979 Lulu (opera) Alban Berg 1997 Berlin Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Michael Sattler Schleitheim 1572 1875 SS Gothenburg Cyclone MV Struma 2003 Epicenter 1883 Wiener Sport-Club 1889 Wilhelm Steinitz World Chess Championship 1889 Mikhail Chigorin 1910 Miracle on Ice Soviet Union national ice hockey team Finland men's national ice hockey team Lake Placid, New York Salt Lake City 1103 1304 1360 1463 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1497 1500 1501 Sixt Birck 1503 Johann Gropper 1535 1536 Pope Clement VIII 1547 1557 1567 Jindrich Matyas Thurn 1580 1587 1619 Charles Le Brun 1693 1705 Hieronymus David Gaubius 1707 1709 Jacques de Vaucanson John Burgoyne 1731 Peter Dollond 1755 1771 Johann Baptist Cramer 1772 1774 1778 1786 Wilhelm Grimm Siegfried Dehn 1801 1806 1809 1811 Edward Dickinson Baker Daniel Payne Henry Kirke Brown 1817 Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot 1825 1827 Lydia Becker 1829 Friedrich Spielhagen 1831 1833 1835 Julius Vogel 1836 Winslow Homer 1841 1842 Arrigo Boito 1843 1846 Luigi Denza 1849 1850 1852 1855 1858 1859 Wilhelm Schmid (scholar) 1860 1862 1864 1865 1866 Hubert Van Innis 1870 Hedwig Dransfeld 1873 Friedrich Bieber 1874 Honus Wagner Konstantin Hierl 1877 Rudolph Ganz 1881 1882 Amleto Giovanni Cicognani 1884 William Theodore Heard 1885 Chester W. Nimitz 1887 Mary Ellen Chase 1892 1893 1894 1895 Richard Thorpe 1897 Henri Frankfort 1898 Gerald Frank Anderson Hubert Houben Kurt Tank 1899 Helmut Kolle 1900 Jimmy Bertrand 1902 1903 Franz Burda I Berthold, Margrave of Baden Alexander Rou 1909 Max Black August Derleth Čeněk Kottnauer 1912 1914 Ralph Erskine (architect) 1916 Guglielmo Gabetto 1917 August Klingler Ingvar Lidholm Gaston Reiff 1922 Steven Hill 1923 1925 Etel Adnan 1926 1927 Karl-Heinz Spikofski 1928 Al Lettieri 1929 1931 1932 Michel Legrand Zell Miller John Vernon 1934 Klaus Darga Bingu wa Mutharika 1936 Lance Reventlow Phil Knight 1939 Marisa Mell 1940 Denis Law John Neumeier Bernd Rupp 1943 Gigi Meroni 1944 Nicky Hopkins Giorgio Bambini Collin Walcott Sergio Gori Michael Radford 1948 Walter Smith Richard Bandler Helen Shaver 1953 1954 1955 Judith Butler 1957 Philippe Vandevelde 1958 Plastic Bertrand Sammy Kershaw Mark Moses 1960 1961 Giancarlo Corradini Erna Solberg 1962 Michelle Shocked Teri Weigel 1963 1964 Todd Field Kristin Davis Hans-Dieter Flick Ben Miller Billy Zane 1967 Brian Schmidt 1968 Emanuele Naspetti Katrin Schreiter Stefan Steinweg 1970 Michael Bresagk Pedro de la Rosa 1972 1973 Chris Fehn 1974 Gila Gamliel Anjanette Kirkland Bonnie Somerville Ashley MacIsaac 1976 Marco Campos Eric Griffin Bradley McGee Matt Skiba 1977 Jean-Pierre Vidal 1981 Jonas Andersson (ice hockey) Lleyton Hewitt Jean de Villiers 1983 1984 Brian Dabul William Kvist Matthias Langkamp Matthew Mullen 1990 Ayub Daud Randy Krummenacher Ryu Eun-hee 1994 Earl Sweatshirt Countess Palatine Irmengard of the Rhine Charles III of Naples Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg Marc-Antoine Charpentier Joseph I of Portugal Henry Cavendish 1812 1815 Robert Fulton 1819 1839 Joseph Adamy Ethan Allen Brown 1854 1856 Bernhard Severin Ingemann Karl Franzevich Albrecht Bernhard Rudolf Abeken Carl Olof Rosenius Christian Zetlitz Bretteville 1872 John Bachman Emil Welti 1904 Ernst von Prittwitz und Gaffron 1911 Jules-Joseph Lefebvre 1913 Wilhelm Kress Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Hjalmar Branting 1933 Eugenio Bertini Johannes Meisenheimer Max Wien 1941 Hugh Allen (conductor) 1947 Gerd von Rundstedt Gerrit Smith Miller Werner Hilpert 1959 William Garbutt Conrad Nagel Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Valentin Tomberg 1982 Virginia Bruce Helmut Schelsky 1986 1988 Memphis Slim Sandro Pertini Webb Pierce Jean Rogers Bobby Moore Dinah Shore 1995 Roberto Ago Felix Ermacora Hans Hessling 1996 Akram al-Hawrani 1998 Antonio Prohías Leroy Jenkins (jazz musician) Johann Blumhardt
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