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