February
24
Dragobete (Romania)
Flag Day (Mexico)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence
of Estonia from Russian Empire in 1918; the
Soviet period is considered illegal annexation.
National Artist Day (Thailand)
Regifugium (Ancient Rome)
Events
February 24
1822
– The 1st Swaminarayan temple in the world,
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
1918 – Estonian Declaration of Independence.
1920 – The Nazi Party is founded.
1942 – The Battle of Los Angeles, one of the
largest documented UFO sightings in history;
the event lasted into the early hours of February
26, 1942.
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.
1989 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers
a US$3 million bounty for the death of The
Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
1989 – United Airlines Flight 811, bound for
New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open
during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of
the business-class section.
1996 – The last occurrence of February 24
as a leap day in the European Union and for
the Roman Catholic Church.
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