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 occurrence of February 24 as a
leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church .
1997 – Deng Xiaoping, leader of China , cremated (died Feb 19th)
1997 – South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp
2006 – Philippine President Gloria Macapagal –
Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the
country in a state of emergency in attempt to
subdue a possible military coup.
2008 – Fidel Castro retires as the President of
Cuba after nearly fifty years.
2011 – Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery
(OV -103 ) .
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
1304 – Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer
(Travels in Asia & Africa)
1934 – Bingu wa Mutharika, Thyolo , Nyasaland
(Malawi ), Malawi President ( 2004- 2012) , ( d. 2012 )
1955 – Steve Jobs, San Francisco, California ,
American computer entrepreneur and co- founder
of Apple ( d. 2011)
FAMOUS DEATHS
1945 – Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt ‘s PM ,
assassinated in parliament
1990 – Malcolm Forbes, CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies of a heart attack at 70
2011 – Anant Pai, Indian educationalist and
creator of comics ( b. 1929 )
FAMOUS WEDDING
1662 – English Poet and author of ” Paradise Lost” John Milton marries 3 rd wife Elizabeth Mynshull , 31 years his junior .
1886 – Inventor Thomas Edison ( 38) marries 2 nd
wife Mina Miller ( 20) in Akron Ohio .
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