What are the important events that happened on February 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

February 24: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 24 is the 55^th 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.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 11, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,478,880 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontapentagon’ day.

Pisces is the zodiac 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.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,082 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 24: This Day In History

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.

February 24 Historical Events

• 303 –
  Diocletian, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire.
• 1387 –
  King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
• 1582 –
  Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
• 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.
• 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 in the Senate.
• 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.
• 1976 –
  Cuba: national Constitution is proclaimed.
• 1989 –
  Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a US$3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
• 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.

Who were born on February 24?

• 1304 –
  Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. c.1368)
• 1885 –
  Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d. 1966)
• 1914 –
  Weldon Kees, American poet, musician, painter (d. 1955)
• 1921 –
  Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (d. 1992)
• 1943 –
  Terry Semel, American business executive
• 1951 –
  Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
• 1971 –
  Josh Bernstein, American explorer and television host
• 1971 –
  Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver
• 1978 –
  John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run)
• 1982 –
  Nick Blackburn, American baseball player

Who died on February 24?

• 1704 –
  Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643)
• 1970 –
  Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1986 –
  Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician (b. 1904)
• 1987 –
  Jim Connors, American radio personality (b. 1940)
• 1993 –
  Bobby Moore, English footballer (b. 1941)
• 1993 –
  Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (b. 1917)
• 1999 –
  David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, British politician and peer (b. 1904)
• 2002 –
  Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (b. 1932)
• 2003 –
  Bernard Loiseau, French chef (b. 1951)
• 2007 –
  Bruce Bennett, American actor (b. 1906)