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.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
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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)
1303
Battle of Roslin, of the First War of Scottish Independence.
1387
King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
1831
The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
1863
Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
1868
Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
1971
The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed 3 days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
1980
The United States Olympic Hockey team completes their Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal.
1999
A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People’s Republic of China, killing 61.
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.
2008
Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.
Who were born on February 24?
1836
Winslow Homer, American artist (d. 1910)
1914
Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965)
1938
James Farentino, American actor
1943
Kent Haruf, American novelist
1948
Dennis Waterman, British actor
1956
Judith Butler, American philosopher
1962
Michelle Shocked, American musician
1964
Andy Crane, British children’s television presenter
1974
Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player
1976
Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist
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