FAMOUS EVENTS;
1821 – Mexico gains independence from Spain
1895 – Cuban war for independence begins
1918 – Estonia declares independence from
Russia1918 – Estonian Declaration of Independence.
1924 – Greek parliament proclaims republic
1924 – Mahatma Gandhi released from jail
This day in #history 24/02
FEBRUARY 24TH
1582 – Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style
(Gregorian) calendar
1821 – Mexico gains independence from Spain
1895 – Cuban war for independence begins
1918 – Estonia declares independence from
Russia
1918 – Estonian Declaration of Independence.
1924 – Greek parliament proclaims republic
1924 – Mahatma Gandhi released from jail
1945 – Egypt & Syria declares war on nazi-
Germany
1945 – Manila freed from Japanese
1945 – Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is
killed in Parliament after reading a decree .
1948 – Communist Party seizes complete control
of Czechoslovakia
1949 – Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement
1966 – Coup ousts Pres Kwame Nkrumah of
Ghana
1971 – Algeria nationalizes French oil companies
1974 – Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh
1976 – Cuba adopts its constitution
1981 – Britain’s Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer
1996 – The last…
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