Day of the year
February 24
Born on February 24? You're a Pisces with the Amethyst birthstone.
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February 24 Zodiac Sign
Pisces (February 19 – March 20)
Element: Water
compassionateartisticintuitivegentlewise
Birthstone
Amethyst
Birth Flower
Violet
Season
Winter
Numerology 8
A number of ambition, power, and material achievement.
February 24: This Day in History
- 1582— Pope Gregory XIII issued the papal bull introducing the Gregorian calendar, replacing the Julian calendar that had drifted from the solar year.
- 1868— The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson, the first impeachment of an American president.
- 1920— The National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) was founded by Adolf Hitler and others in Munich.
- 1942— The 'Battle of Los Angeles' occurred as U.S. anti-aircraft guns fired into the night sky after a false alarm of a Japanese air attack.
- 1988— The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Hustler Magazine v. Falwell that public figures cannot recover damages for parody.
Famous Birthdays on February 24
- Steve Jobs (1955) — Apple co-founder and tech visionary
- Barry Diller (1942) — media mogul, chairman of IAC
- Kristin Davis (1965) — actress, Charlotte in Sex and the City
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. (1977) — undefeated boxing champion
- Billy Zane (1966) — actor known for Titanic
Did You Know? February 24 Fun Facts
- Steve Jobs, born February 24, 1955, co-founded Apple in 1976 and went on to revolutionize personal computing, music, and mobile phones.
- The Gregorian calendar, promulgated February 24, 1582, corrected a drift of about 10 days that had accumulated in the older Julian calendar.
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