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The Beginning of A Calendar - Day in History: February 24  
IN THE PAST 

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Today the Gregorian calender was released and much more. February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 310 days remaining, 311 in leap years. By Roman custom February 24 is the day added to a leap year, and the occurrence of February 29 is merely a consequence of this. beginning

	303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire.
	1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
	1711 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
	1803 - The Supreme Court of the United States, in Marbury v. Madison, establishes the principle of judicial review.
	1804 - London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute.
	1863 - Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
	1868 - The first parade to have floats is staged at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana.
	1868 - Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
	1917 - World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if that country declares war on the United States.
	1938 - A nylon-bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product (DuPont) to be made with nylon yarn.
	1946 - Juan Perón is elected president of Argentina.
	1969 - Jimi Hendrix gives his final British concert
	1970 - National Public Radio is founded in the United States.
	1975 - Hard rock band Led Zeppelin release the classic double album Physical Graffiti.
	1981 - Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.
	1981 - Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Dr. Herman Tarnower, the author of the bestselling The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet.
	1983 - A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
	1988 - The Supreme Court of the United States sides with Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine by overturning a lower court decision to award Jerry Falwell $200,000 for defamation.
	1989 - United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.
	1992 - Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain marries Courtney Love.
	1996 - The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.
	2002 - The Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah end.

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