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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 24 FéVRIER

Arizona

Année: 1863

Arizona is organized as a United States territory.

Andrew Johnson

Année: 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.

Penny Red

Année: 1854

A Penny Red with perforations becomes the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.

List of French monarchs

Année: 1848

King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.

Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek

Année: 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.

SS Gothenburg

Année: 1875

The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.

Peer Gynt

Année: 1876

The stage première of Peer Gynt, a play by Henrik Ibsen with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, takes place in Christiania (Oslo), Norway.

Russo-Ukrainian war

Année: 2022

Russo-Ukrainian War: Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin orders a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Nazi Party

Année: 1920

The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany.

World War I

Année: 1917

World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.

NAISSANCES DU 24 FéVRIER

Jamal Nazrul Islam

Année de naissance: 1939

Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (died 2013)

Denis Law

Année de naissance: 1940

Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster (died 2025)

James Farentino

Année de naissance: 1938

James Farentino, American actor (died 2012)

Phil Knight

Année de naissance: 1938

Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.

Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow

Année de naissance: 1938

Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British life peer

Jimmy Ellis (boxer)

Année de naissance: 1940

Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (died 2014)

Pete Duel

Année de naissance: 1940

Pete Duel, American actor (died 1971)

Joe Lieberman

Année de naissance: 1942

Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician (died 2024)

Jacques de Vaucanson

Année de naissance: 1709

Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (died 1782)

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Année de naissance: 1942

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic

DéCèS DU 24 FéVRIER

Joshua Chamberlain

Année de décès: 1914

Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (born 1828)

Hjalmar Branting

Année de décès: 1925

Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)

Edward Marshall Hall

Année de décès: 1927

Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (born 1858)

André Messager

Année de décès: 1929

André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1853)

Osman Hamdi Bey

Année de décès: 1910

Osman Hamdi Bey, Turkish archaeologist and painter (born 1842)

Shiranui Kōemon

Année de décès: 1879

Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (born 1825)

Robert Fulton

Année de décès: 1815

Robert Fulton, American engineer (born 1765)

Thomas Bowdler

Année de décès: 1825

Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (born 1754)

Nikolai Lobachevsky

Année de décès: 1856

Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1792)

Joseph Jenkins Roberts

Année de décès: 1876

Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (born 1809)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 24 FéVRIER

February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Beatification

Christian feast day: Blessed Ascensión Nicol y Goñi

Independence Day (Estonia)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Estonia from the Russian Empire in 1918; the Soviet period is considered to have been an illegal annexation.