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The 24t o Februar is the 55t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 310 days ti come (311 in lowp years).
Events
2011: Last launch o the Space Shuttle Discovery
Births
Steve Jobs
- 1304 - Ibn Battuta, Moroccan splorer an traveller (d. c. 1369)
- 1500 - Charles V, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1558)
- 1557 - Matthias, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
- 1660 - John Murray, 1st Duke o Atholl, Scots nobleman, politeecian and sodger (d. 1724)
- 1774 - Archibald Constable, Scots publisher, beukseller an stationer (d. 1827)
- 1786 - Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist an writer (d. 1859)
- 1831 - Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor o Germany (d. 1899)
- 1927 - Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (d. 2017)
- 1934 - Bingu wa Mutharika, Preses o Malawi (d. 2012)
- 1940 - Denis Law, Scots fitbawer
- 1942 - Joe Lieberman, American politeecian
- 1944 - David J. Wineland, American pheesicist
- 1947 - Edward James Olmos, American actor an director
- 1948 - Jayalalithaa, Indie actress an politeecian (d. 2016)
- 1948 - Walter Smith, Scots fitbawer an manager
- 1948 - Dennis Waterman, Inglis actor
- 1953 - Eoin Ryan, Republic o Ireland politeecian
- 1955 - Steve Jobs, American entrepreneur (Apple Inc.) (d. 2011)
- 1955 - Alain Prost, French racin driver
- 1959 - Judith Collins, New Zealand politeecian
- 1961 - Erna Solberg, Prime meenister o Norawa
- 1967 - Brian Schmidt, Australie-American astropheesicist
- 1971 - Gillian Flynn, American writer
- 1977 - Floyd Mayweather Jr., American boxer
- 1981 - Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
Daiths
- 1810 - Henry Cavendish, Inglis scientist (b. 1731)
- 1876 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st Preses o Liberie (b. 1809)
- 1925 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime meenister o Swaden (b. 1860)
- 1975 - Nikolai Bulganin, Soviet Premier (b. 1895)
- 1986 - Tommy Douglas, Scots-Canadian politeecian (b. 1904)
- 1990 - Sandro Pertini, Preses o Italy (b. 1896)
- 1993 - Bobby Moore, Inglis fitbawer (b. 1941)
- 2006 - Don Knotts, American actor an comedian (b. 1924)
- 2014 - Harold Ramis, American actor an producer (b. 1944)
- 2018 - Bud Luckey, American animator, director an writer (b. 1934)
Halidays
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