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)