February 24
1582 - Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull introducing the Gregorian calendar reform. (The Gregorian Calendar is the calendar in general use today.)
1803 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Marbury v. Madison that any act of Congress which conflicts with the Constitution is null and void.
1821 - Mexico declared its independence from Spain.
1863 - The Arizona Territory was organized.
1868 - Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, became the first president to have impeachment proceedings brought against him by the House of Representatives following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. (Johnson was later acquitted in the U.S. Senate.)
1903 - The lease for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was signed.
1920 - Adolf Hitler outlined the basic points of the Nazi Party at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich.
1942 - The SS Struma, a charter ship attempting to carry nearly 800 Jewish refugees from Romania to British-mandated Palestine, was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine in the Black Sea; all but one of the refugees perished.
1945 - American soldiers liberated the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese control during World War II.
1968 - The discovery of a pulsar was announced by scientists.
1981 - Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain's Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
1981 - A jury in White Plains, New York, found Jean Harris guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of “Scarsdale Diet” author Dr. Herman Tarnower. (Sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, Harris was granted clemency by New York Gov. Mario Cuomo in December 1992.)
1986 - The Supreme Court struck down, on a 6-3 vote, an Indianapolis ordinance that would have allowed women injured by someone who had seen or read pornographic material to sue the maker or seller of that material.
1988 - In a ruling that expanded legal protections for parody and satire, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned a $150,000 award that the Rev. Jerry Falwell had won against Hustler magazine and its publisher, Larry Flynt.
2006 - South Dakota lawmakers approved a ban on nearly all abortions.
2008 - Cuba's parliament named Raul Castro president, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel.
2011 - Discovery, the world’s most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time, heading toward the International Space Station on a journey marking the beginning of the end of the shuttle era.
2015 - The Justice Department announced that George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin in a 2012 confrontation, would not face federal charges.
2020 - Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted in New York on charges of rape and sexual assault involving two women. (Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in state prison.)
2021 - The acting head of the Capitol Police acknowledged to a House panel that the department had intelligence warning of a “significant likelihood for violence” on Jan. 6 but said officers were not prepared for the insurrection that would follow.
Birthdays
27 - Brittany Raymond (actress)
29 - Emily Rudd (actress)
31 - O'Shea Jackson Jr. (rapper/actor)
31 - Emily Didonato (model)
33 - Daniel Kaluuya (actor)
34 - Alexander Koch (actor)
38 - Wilson Bethel (actor)
38 - Corey Graves (professional wrestler)
42 - Shinsuke Nakamura (professional wrestler)
45 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. (boxer)
48 - Bonnie Somerville (actress)
56 - Billy Zane (actor)
60 - Michelle Shocked (singer)
61 - Emilio Rivera (actor)
63 - Beth Broderick (actress)
64 - Mark Moses (actor)
64 - Sammy Kershaw (singer)
66 - Eddie Murray (baseball player)
66 - Paula Zahn (news anchor)
71 - Helen Shaver (actress)
71 - Debra Jo Rupp (actress)
75 - Edward James Olmos (actor)
77 - Barry Bostwick (actor)
80 - Jenny O'Hara (actress)
81 - Joanie Sommers (singer)
84 - Phil Knight (founder of Nike)
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Today in Sports History - February 24
1978 - Kevin Porter of the New Jersey Nets sets an NBA single-game record with 29 assists in a game.
1980 - The U.S. men's ice hockey team won the gold medal after defeating Finland 4-2 at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York.
1980 - Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers became the first player in NHL history to score 100 points in a season before the age of 20.
1982 - Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) scored his 77th goal of the season to break the NHL record of 76 held by Phil Esposito. Gretzky ended up with 92 goals for the season and 212 points. He was the first player to finish a season with more than 200 points.
1987 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores his 36,000th career point.
1993 - Steve Yzerman of the Detroit Red Wings scored his 1,000th career point.
2013 - Jimmie Johnson wins his second Daytona 500; Danica Patrick recorded the highest-ever finish in the race by a female diver (8th) and also became the first female driver to start from the pole position.
1582 - Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull introducing the Gregorian calendar reform. (The Gregorian Calendar is the calendar in general use today.)
1803 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Marbury v. Madison that any act of Congress which conflicts with the Constitution is null and void.
1821 - Mexico declared its independence from Spain.
1863 - The Arizona Territory was organized.
1868 - Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, became the first president to have impeachment proceedings brought against him by the House of Representatives following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. (Johnson was later acquitted in the U.S. Senate.)
1903 - The lease for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was signed.
1920 - Adolf Hitler outlined the basic points of the Nazi Party at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich.
1942 - The SS Struma, a charter ship attempting to carry nearly 800 Jewish refugees from Romania to British-mandated Palestine, was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine in the Black Sea; all but one of the refugees perished.
1945 - American soldiers liberated the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese control during World War II.
1968 - The discovery of a pulsar was announced by scientists.
1981 - Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain's Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
1981 - A jury in White Plains, New York, found Jean Harris guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of “Scarsdale Diet” author Dr. Herman Tarnower. (Sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, Harris was granted clemency by New York Gov. Mario Cuomo in December 1992.)
1986 - The Supreme Court struck down, on a 6-3 vote, an Indianapolis ordinance that would have allowed women injured by someone who had seen or read pornographic material to sue the maker or seller of that material.
1988 - In a ruling that expanded legal protections for parody and satire, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned a $150,000 award that the Rev. Jerry Falwell had won against Hustler magazine and its publisher, Larry Flynt.
2006 - South Dakota lawmakers approved a ban on nearly all abortions.
2008 - Cuba's parliament named Raul Castro president, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel.
2011 - Discovery, the world’s most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time, heading toward the International Space Station on a journey marking the beginning of the end of the shuttle era.
2015 - The Justice Department announced that George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin in a 2012 confrontation, would not face federal charges.
2020 - Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted in New York on charges of rape and sexual assault involving two women. (Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in state prison.)
2021 - The acting head of the Capitol Police acknowledged to a House panel that the department had intelligence warning of a “significant likelihood for violence” on Jan. 6 but said officers were not prepared for the insurrection that would follow.
Birthdays
27 - Brittany Raymond (actress)
29 - Emily Rudd (actress)
31 - O'Shea Jackson Jr. (rapper/actor)
31 - Emily Didonato (model)
33 - Daniel Kaluuya (actor)
34 - Alexander Koch (actor)
38 - Wilson Bethel (actor)
38 - Corey Graves (professional wrestler)
42 - Shinsuke Nakamura (professional wrestler)
45 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. (boxer)
48 - Bonnie Somerville (actress)
56 - Billy Zane (actor)
60 - Michelle Shocked (singer)
61 - Emilio Rivera (actor)
63 - Beth Broderick (actress)
64 - Mark Moses (actor)
64 - Sammy Kershaw (singer)
66 - Eddie Murray (baseball player)
66 - Paula Zahn (news anchor)
71 - Helen Shaver (actress)
71 - Debra Jo Rupp (actress)
75 - Edward James Olmos (actor)
77 - Barry Bostwick (actor)
80 - Jenny O'Hara (actress)
81 - Joanie Sommers (singer)
84 - Phil Knight (founder of Nike)
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Today in Sports History - February 24
1978 - Kevin Porter of the New Jersey Nets sets an NBA single-game record with 29 assists in a game.
1980 - The U.S. men's ice hockey team won the gold medal after defeating Finland 4-2 at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York.
1980 - Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers became the first player in NHL history to score 100 points in a season before the age of 20.
1982 - Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) scored his 77th goal of the season to break the NHL record of 76 held by Phil Esposito. Gretzky ended up with 92 goals for the season and 212 points. He was the first player to finish a season with more than 200 points.
1987 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores his 36,000th career point.
1993 - Steve Yzerman of the Detroit Red Wings scored his 1,000th career point.
2013 - Jimmie Johnson wins his second Daytona 500; Danica Patrick recorded the highest-ever finish in the race by a female diver (8th) and also became the first female driver to start from the pole position.
