24TH
FEBRUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST PRAETEXTATUS; & SAINTS
MONTANUS, LUCIUS, & THEIR COMPANIONS." |
| 24TH |
303 |
GALERIUS VALERIUS MAXIMIANUS ISSUED AN EDICT DEMANDING THE
PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS. |
| 24TH |
1530 |
3,000 MEXICANS ATTACK 182 TEXANS AT THE
‘ALAMO’ IN A FIGHT WHICH WOULD SEE THE LAST TEXAN KILLED 13 DAYS LATER. |
| 24TH |
1582 |
THE JULIAN CALENDAR WAS REPLACED BY THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR;
IT WAS INTRODUCED BY POPE GREGORY XIII, BUT WAS NOT ADOPTED BY BRITAIN UNTIL 1752. |
| 24TH |
1771 |
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA IS FIRST
PUBLISHED. |
| 24TH |
1810 |
GOVERNOR OF NSW, "LACHLAN McQUARIE" ISSUES A
PROCLAMATION CONDEMING COHABITATION & IMMORALITY. |
| 24TH |
1859 |
THE PADDLE STEAMER GEMINI
REACHES BREWARRINA, ON THE DARLING RIVER. |
| 24TH |
1875 |
S.S. GOTHENBURG WITH 124 MAINLY PROMINENT MEN, WOMEN
AND CHILDREN, HEADING TO ADELAIDE FROM DARWIN, IS WRECKED ON THE "GREAT BARRIER
REEF," ONLY 12 CREW AND 10 PASSENGERS WERE SAVED. |
| 24TH |
1881 |
THE "De LESSEPS’
COMPANY" BEGINS WORK ON PANAMA CANAL. |
| 24TH |
1887 |
PARIS & BRUSSELS BECOME THE FIRST TWO CAPITAL CITIES TO
BE LINKED BY TELEPHONE. |
| 24TH |
1920 |
NANCY ASTOR BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO
ADDRESS THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. |
| 24TH |
1923 |
THE FLYING SCOTSMAN TRAIN BEGAN REGULAR SERVICE BETWEEN
LONDON & EDINBURGH. |
| 24TH |
1925 |
ADELAIDES FIRST RADIO STATION 5DN
BEGINS BROADCASTING. |
| 24TH |
1932 |
"MALCOLM CAMPBELL" REACHED A SPEED OF 408.88 kph IN
HIS BLUEBIRD CAR AT DAYTONA BEACH, USA, TO BEAT HIS OWN LAND SPEED RECORD. |
| 24TH |
1938 |
Du PONT BEGINS THE FIRST COMMERCIAL USE
OF NYLON WHEN NYLON TOOTHBRUSHES WERE FIRST PRODUCED IN THE USA. |
| 24TH |
1946 |
"JUAN PERON" WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA. |
| 24TH |
1951 |
11 PEOPLE DIE IN A LEVEL CROSSING SMASH
INVOLVING A BUS AND A TRAIN AT HORSHAM VICTORIA. |
| 24TH |
1961 |
‘EXPLORER 10’ FAILS TO REACH EARTH ORBIT. |
| 24TH |
1967 |
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA VISITS AUSTRALIA. |
| 24TH |
1968 |
"JOHN GORTON" WINS A BY-ELECTION FOR "HAROLD
HOLT’S" SEAT AFTER RESIGNING FROM THE SENATE. |
| 24TH |
1979 |
THE HIGHEST PRICE EVER PAID FOR A PIG,
$42,500 AT STAMFORD, TEXAS. |
| 24TH |
1980 |
"PRINCE CHARLES" ANNOUNCES HIS ENGAGEMENT TO
"DIANA SPENCER." |
| 24TH |
1982 |
U.S. SINGER, "PAT BENATAR"
WON A "GRAMMY" FOR "FIRE & ICE" BEST FEMALE ROCK PERFORMANCE. |
| 24TH |
1989 |
"MARGARET RAY" IS FOUND IN "DAVID
LETTERMAN’S" HOME, SHE CLAIMS TO BE HIS WIFE. |
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