Tukuk-OS📅 February 24
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on February 24? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2015 — At a restaurant in Uherský Brod, Czech Republic, a gunman opened fire in a restaurant, killing eight people before committing suicide.
- 1989 — United Airlines Flight 811 experienced uncontrolled decompression after leaving Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii, blowing seats out of the aircraft and killing nine passengers.
United Airlines Flight 811Uncontrolled decompressionDaniel K. Inouye International Airport
- 1979 — Uganda–Tanzania War: Ugandan government forces fled Masaka as the Tanzania People's Defence Force bombarded and captured the town.
- 1978 — Five men disappeared after attending a college basketball game in Chico, California; the bodies of four of them were discovered months later.
- 1968 — Vietnam War: Led by Ngô Quang Trưởng, South Vietnamese forces recaptured the citadel of Huế.
- 1943 — World War II: The Battle of Kasserine Pass, the first major engagement between American and Axis forces in Africa, ended with the Allied forces suffering heavy losses.
- 1868 — Andrew Johnson became the first U.S. president to be impeached.
- 1826 — The Treaty of Yandabo was signed, ending the First Anglo-Burmese War, the longest and most expensive war in the history of British India.
Treaty of YandaboFirst Anglo-Burmese WarPresidencies and provinces of British India
- 1809 — After standing for only 15 years, the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (pictured), the third building in London of that name, burned down.
- 1809 — Napoleonic Wars: The British invasion of Martinique ended with the unconditional surrender of French admiral Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (pictured), beginning a five-year occupation of the island.
Napoleonic WarsInvasion of Martinique (1809)Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse
- 1803 — In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court declared an act of Congress unconstitutional for the first time, forming the basis of judicial review in the United States.
Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United StatesAct of Congress
- 1720 — War of the Quadruple Alliance: Spanish forces began a failed assault on the British settlement of Nassau in the Bahamas.
War of the Quadruple AllianceRaid on Nassau (1720)Nassau, Bahamas
- 1711 — George Frideric Handel's Rinaldo, the first Italian-language opera written specifically for the London stage, premiered.
- 1607 — Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, considered the first fully developed opera, premiered in Mantua.
- 303 — The Diocletianic Persecution, the last and most severe episode of the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, began with the publication of a first edict by Roman emperor Diocletian.
Diocletianic PersecutionPersecution of ChristiansRoman Empire
Births
- 2004 — Samuele Vignato, Italian football player
- 2004 — Rafael Obrador, Spanish footballer
- 2003 — Honey Osrin, British swimmer
- 2000 — Antony Matheus dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
- 2000 — Nichika Yamada, Japanese volleyball player
- 1997 — Đurđina Jauković, Montenegrin handball player
- 1996 — Royce Freeman, American football player
- 1995 — Tyler Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1994 — Jessica Pegula, American tennis player
- 1994 — Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper
- 1992 — Stefan Ashkovski, Macedonian footballer
- 1991 — Tim Erixon, American-Swedish ice hockey player
Deaths
- 2025 — Roberta Flack, American singer and pianist (born 1937)
- 2024 — Kumar Shahani, Indian film director and screenwriter (born 1940)
- 2023 — Edith Roger, Norwegian dancer and choreographer (born 1922)
- 2021 — Ronald Pickup, English actor (born 1940)
- 2020 — Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (born 1918)
- 2018 — Sridevi, Indian actress (born 1963)
- 2018 — Haukur Hilmarsson, Icelandic political activist and internationalist volunteer fighter (born 1986)
- 2016 — Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (born 1943)
- 2016 — Nabil Maleh, Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)
- 2016 — George C. Nichopoulos, American soldier and physician (born 1927)
- 2015 — Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (born 1949)
- 2015 — Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (born 1962)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Blessed Ascensión Nicol y Goñi
- Christian feast day: Blessed Josefa Naval Girbés
- Christian feast day: Lindel Tsen and Paul Sasaki (Anglican Church of Canada)
- Christian feast day: Modest (bishop of Trier)
- Christian feast day: Sergius of Cappadocia
- Christian feast day: February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Dragobete (Romania)
- Engineer's Day (Iran)
- Flag Day in Mexico
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Estonia from the Russian Empire in 1918; the Soviet period is considered to have been an illegal annexation.
- National Artist Day (Thailand)
- Sweden Finns' Day (Sweden)
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