24 Februar

The 24t o Februar is the 55t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 310 days ti come (311 in lowp years).

 Events 
 1303 - Battle o Roslin in the Scots Wars o Unthirldom.
 1582 - The planned introduction o the Gregorian calendar is annooncit bi Pape Gregory XIII.
 1848 - Louis Philippe I, the last French keeng, gies up the throne.
 1863 - Arizona becomes a Unitit States territory.
 1875 - Passenger steamer "Gothenburg" hits the Great Barrier Reef off Australie, killin ower 100 fowk. 
 1918 - Estonie declares unthirldom frae Roushie.
 1980 - The Unitit States wins the men's ice hockey gowd medal at the Winter Olympic Gemmes, 2 days efter the "Miracle on Ice".
 2002 - End o the 2002 Winter Olympic Gemmes in Salt Lake City, Utah, Unitit States.
 2003 - A yirdquauk in Xinjiang, Cheenae, kills 621 fowk.
 2004 - A yirdquauk in Morocco kills ower 600 fowk.
 2006 - An attemptit coup is carried oot against Preses Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the Philippines.
 2008 - Raul Castro succeeds his brither Fidel Castro as Preses o Cuba.
 2011 - The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on its last mission.
 2018 - Great Breetain reaches a record total o 5 medals at a single Winter Olympic Gemmes; there are naw Scots amang the medallists.
 2018 - Rugby union: Scotland defeats Ingland for the first time in ten year - 25-13 at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.

 Births 
 1304 - Ibn Battuta, Moroccan splorer an traveller (d. c. 1369)
 1500 - Charles V, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1558)
 1557 - Matthias, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
 1660 - John Murray, 1st Duke o Atholl, Scots nobleman, politeecian and sodger (d. 1724)
 1774 - Archibald Constable, Scots publisher, beukseller an stationer (d. 1827)
 1786 - Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist an writer (d. 1859)
 1831 - Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor o Germany (d. 1899)
 1927 - Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (d. 2017)
 1934 - Bingu wa Mutharika, Preses o Malawi (d. 2012)
 1940 - Denis Law, Scots fitbawer
 1942 - Joe Lieberman, American politeecian
 1944 - David J. Wineland, American pheesicist
 1947 - Edward James Olmos, American actor an director
 1948 - Jayalalithaa, Indie actress an politeecian (d. 2016)
 1948 - Walter Smith, Scots fitbawer an manager
 1948 - Dennis Waterman, Inglis actor
 1953 - Eoin Ryan, Republic o Ireland politeecian
 1955 - Steve Jobs, American entrepreneur (Apple Inc.) (d. 2011)
 1955 - Alain Prost, French racin driver
 1959 - Judith Collins, New Zealand politeecian
 1961 - Erna Solberg, Prime meenister o Norawa
 1967 - Brian Schmidt, Australie-American astropheesicist
 1971 - Gillian Flynn, American writer
 1977 - Floyd Mayweather Jr., American boxer
 1981 - Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player

 Daiths 
 1810 - Henry Cavendish, Inglis scientist (b. 1731)
 1876 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st Preses o Liberie (b. 1809)
 1925 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime meenister o Swaden (b. 1860)
 1975 - Nikolai Bulganin, Soviet Premier (b. 1895)
 1986 - Tommy Douglas, Scots-Canadian politeecian (b. 1904)
 1990 - Sandro Pertini, Preses o Italy (b. 1896)
 1993 - Bobby Moore, Inglis fitbawer (b. 1941)
 2006 - Don Knotts, American actor an comedian (b. 1924)
 2014 - Harold Ramis, American actor an producer (b. 1944)
 2018 - Bud Luckey, American animator, director an writer (b. 1934)

 Halidays 
 Naitional Day o Estonie
 Banner Day (Mexico)
 Ingineer's Day (Iran)
 Naitional Airtist Day (Thailand)

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