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Day Of The Week: February 24
February 24, 2025 is the 55th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 310 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Pisces is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Day In History: February 24
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.
Historical Events: February 24
- 1538 –Treaty of Nagyvarad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya.
- 1607 –L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
- 1711 –The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
- 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 Mexico declares war on the United States.
- 1944 –Merrill’s Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000 mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma.
- 1980 –The United States Olympic Hockey team completes their Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal.
- 1981 –An earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city.
- 1989 –United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.
- 1996 –The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.
- 1999 –The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national convicted of murder during a botched bank robbery, in spite of Germany’s legal action to attempt to save him.
Who were born on February 24?
- 1304 –Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. c.1368)
- 1877 –Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1972)
- 1909 –August Derleth, American writer (d. 1971)
- 1919 –Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian turned American international civil servant (d. 2004)
- 1938 –Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer
- 1943 –Kent Haruf, American novelist
- 1947 –Mike Fratello, American basketball head coach
- 1948 –Tim Staffell, English singer
- 1966 –René Arocha, Cuban baseball player
- 1981 –Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
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