24 Februar

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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.

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