| 786 |
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Pepin the Short of Gaul dies. His dominions are divided between his sons Charles (Charlemagne) and Carloman. |
| 1525 |
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In the first of the Franco-Habsburg Wars, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V captures the French king Francis I at the Battle of Pavia, Italy. |
| 1538 |
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Ferdinand of Hapsburg and John Zapolyai, the two kings of Hungary, conclude the peace of Grosswardein. |
| 1803 |
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Chief Justice John Marshall, by refusing to rule on the case of Marbury vs. Madison, asserts the authority of the judicial branch. |
| 1813 |
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Off Guiana, the American sloop Hornet sinks the British sloop Peacock. |
| 1821 |
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Mexico gains independence from Spain. |
| 1836 |
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Some 3,000 Mexicans launch an assault on the Alamo with its 182 Texan defenders. |
| 1895 |
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The Cuban War of Independence begins. |
| 1908 |
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Japan officially agrees to restrict emigration to the U.S. |
| 1912 |
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Italy bombs Beirut in the first act of war against the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1912 |
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The Jewish organization Hadassah is founded in New York City. |
| 1914 |
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Civil War soldier Joshua Chamberlain dies. |
| 1916 |
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A film version of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea opens in New York. |
| 1921 |
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Herbert Hoover becomes Secretary of Commerce. |
| 1928 |
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The New Gallery of New York exhibits works of Archibald Motley, its first show to feature a black artist. |
| 1944 |
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Merrill’s Marauders, a specially trained group of American soldiers, begin their ground campaign against Japan into Burma. |
| 1945 |
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U.S. forces liberate prisoners of war in the Los Baños Prison in the Philippines. |
| 1947 |
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Franz von Papen is sentenced to eight years in a labor camp for war crimes. |
| 1959 |
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Khrushchev rejects the Western plan for the Big Four meeting on Germany. |
| 1968 |
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North Vietnamese troops capture the imperial palace in Hue, South Vietnam. |
| 1972 |
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Hanoi negotiators walks out of the peace talks in Paris to protest U.S. air raids on North Vietnam. |
| 1991 |
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General Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the coalition army, sends in ground forces during the Gulf War. |
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Born on February 24 |
| 1500 |
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Charles V, king of Spain and the last Holy Roman Emperor to be crowned by the Pope. |
| 1786 |
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Wilhelm Carl Grimm, compiler, with his brother of fairy tales. |
| 1836 |
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Winslow Homer, American painter. |
| 1841 |
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John Phillip Holland, inventor of the modern submarine. |
| 1874 |
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Honus Wagner, baseball shortstop known as "The Flying Dutchman." |
| 1885 |
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Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral who commanded naval forces in the Pacific during WWII. |
| 1887 |
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Mary Ellen Chase, New England writer. |
| 1909 |
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August Derleth, writer (Still is the Summer Night, The Shield of the Valiant). |
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