24 February
Notable Births
Samuele Vignato
b. 2004
Italian footballer (born 2004)
Antony (footballer, born 2000)
b. 2000
Brazilian footballer (born 2000)
Royce Freeman
b. 1996
American football player (born 1996)
Jessica Pegula
b. 1994
American tennis player (born 1994)
Earl Sweatshirt
b. 1994
South African-American rapper (born 1994)
Tim Erixon
b. 1991
American-born Swedish ice hockey player
Madison Hubbell
b. 1991
American ice dancer
O'Shea Jackson Jr.
b. 1991
American actor, rapper and songwriter (born 1991)
Semih Kaya
b. 1991
Turkish footballer
Christian Kabasele
b. 1991
Congolese-born Belgian footballer (born 1991)
Dwayne Allen
b. 1990
American football player (born 1990)
Derek Wolfe
b. 1990
American football player (born 1990)
Trace Cyrus
b. 1989
American musician
Daniel Kaluuya
b. 1989
British actor (born 1989)
Kosta Koufos
b. 1989
Greek-American basketball player (born 1989)
Rodrigue Beaubois
b. 1988
French basketball player (born 1988)
Alexander Koch (actor)
b. 1988
American actor
Maksym Radziwill
b. 1988
Polish-Canadian mathematician
Kim Kyu-jong
b. 1987
South Korean entertainer (born 1987)
Mario Suárez (footballer)
b. 1987
Spanish footballer
Notable Deaths
Roberta Flack
d. 2025
American singer (1937–2025)
Edith Roger
d. 2023
Norwegian dancer and stage director (1922–2023)
Ronald Pickup
d. 2021
British actor (1940–2021)
Katherine Johnson
d. 2020
American NASA employee (1918–2020)
Sridevi
d. 2018
Indian actress (1963–2018)
Haukur Hilmarsson
d. 2018
Icelandic activist (1986–2018)
Peter Kenilorea
d. 2016
Prime Minister of Solomon Islands (1943–2016)
Methodius Kudriakov
d. 2015
Autocephalous Orthodox Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine (1949–2015)
Rakhat Aliyev
d. 2015
Kazakh politician (1961–2015)
Franny Beecher
d. 2014
American rock and roll musician (1921–2014)
Alexis Hunter
d. 2014
New Zealand painter and photographer (1948–2014)
Carlos Páez Vilaró
d. 2014
Uruguayan artist (1923–2014)
Harold Ramis
d. 2014
American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1944–2014)
Con Martin
d. 2013
Irish footballer (1923–2013)
Agnes Allen (baseball)
d. 2012
Baseball player
Oliver Wrong
d. 2012
Academic nephrologist
Anant Pai
d. 2011
Indian comics artist (1929–2011)
Dawn Brancheau
d. 2010
American SeaWorld trainer (1969–2010)
Larry Norman
d. 2008
American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer (1947–2008)
Bruce Bennett
d. 2007
American actor (1906–2007)
On This Day in History
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2022
Russo-Ukrainian War: Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin orders the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Russo-Ukrainian war
2020
Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia following an attempt to replace the Pakatan Harapan government, which triggered the 2020-2022 Malaysian political crisis.
Mahathir Mohamad
2016
Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashes, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport.
Tara Air Flight 193
2015
A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
Metrolink (California)
2011
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on its final mission, STS-133.
Space Shuttle Discovery
2008
Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He would remain as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
Fidel Castro
2007
Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
Reconnaissance satellite
2006
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in an attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
President of the Philippines
2004
The 6.3 Mw Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.
Seismic magnitude scales
1999
China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes in Rui'an, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509
1996
Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.
Miami
1991
Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
Gulf War
1989
United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
United Airlines Flight 811
1984
Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
Tyrone Mitchell
1983
A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
United States Congress
1981
The 6.7 Ms Gulf of Corinth earthquake affects Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people are killed, 400 are injured, and damage totals $812 million.
Seismic magnitude scales
1978
The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.
Yuba County Five
1976
The 1976 constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
Constitution of Cuba
1971
The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
All India Forward Bloc
1968
Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnamese forces led by Ngo Quang Truong recapture the citadel of Hué.
Vietnam War