Saturday February 24, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

February 24: Day of the Week

February 24, 2024 was the 55th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 311 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

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 Event(s)

1387
King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
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.
1826
The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War.
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.
1881
China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
1968
Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
1976
Cuba: national Constitution is proclaimed.
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.
1996
The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.

Who were born on February 24?

1304
Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. c.1368)
1557
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
1932
John Vernon, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
1958
Mark Moses, American actor
1958
Sammy Kershaw, American musician
1965
Jane Swift, American politician
1973
Richard Clapp, Canadian baseball player
1973
Yordan Yovchev, Bulgarian gymnast
1974
Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player
1977
Jay Kenneth Johnson, American actor

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