World.- In the ephemeris of this February 24, several important ones that marked the history of humanity stand out, for example: in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII replaces in the countries with Catholic influence the Julian calendar by the Gregorian, currently it is the most used.
On the same date, but from 2009, WhatsApp, a messaging application for smartphones over the Internet, is launched.
What are the ephemeris of February 24?
1848.- Louis Philippe I of France abdicates and goes into exile because of the Liberal Revolution and becomes the last French monarch.
1849.- The Panamanian newspaper “La Estrella de Panamá” is founded.
1868.- Andrew Johnson becomes the first president in the United States to undergo the impeachment process from which he was acquitted.
1891.- The Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Brazil is promulgated, which marks the transition from the monarchy to the republic.
1895.- The Cuban uprising led by José Martí against Spanish power begins, called the “cry of Baire” in homage to the first place where the rebels took up arms to achieve independence.
1905.- The Simplon railway tunnel is inaugurated in the Alps, the longest in the world at that time, connecting Italy and Switzerland.
1912 – Two Italian warships sink eight ships of the Ottoman fleet in the port of Beirut to secure access to the Suez Canal.
1918.- The Salvation Committee of the National Council proclaims in Tallinn the independence of Estonia.
1920.- Adolf Hitler presents in Munich the 25 points of the program of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party.
1938.- The American laboratories DuPont, inventors of nylon, manufacture the first toothbrush made with synthetic fiber.
1945 – Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmer Maher Pasha is assassinated in Parliament.
1946.- Colonel Juan Domingo Perón wins the presidential elections in Argentina.
1966 – A coup d’état led by General Joseph Ankrah overthrows the independence leader and president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah.
1975 – British rock band Led Zeppelin releases their sixth album, Physical Graffiti, their first on their own label.
1976.- The Socialist Constitution of the Republic of Cuba enters into force.
1981.- Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero allows the departure of the deputies from Congress and surrenders, putting an end to the attempted coup d’état in Spain.
2008.- General Raúl Castro is elected president of Cuba replacing his brother Fidel.
Javier Bardem becomes the first Spanish performer to win an Oscar, in the category of Best Supporting Actor in “No es lugar para viejos” by the Coen brothers.
2009.- WhatsApp, a messaging application for smartphones over the Internet, is launched.
2011.- The American space shuttle Discovery makes its last flight.
2019.- The Vatican summit on sexual abuse scandals announces that it will take the cases arising in the Church to the courts, but does not satisfy the victims for lack of concrete measures.
2020.- American film producer Harvey Weinstein is convicted of rape in the third degree and sex crime in the first degree.
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2021.- The US announces its return to the UN Human Rights Council, after three years of absence.
Who was born on February 24th?
1500.- Charles I of Spain and V of Germany, emperor.
1832.- Juan Clemente Zenea, Cuban poet and journalist.
1837 – Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet
1863 – Franz von Stuck, German sculptor
1909 – August Derleth, American writer
1922 – Richard Hamilton, British painter
1934 – Bettino Craxi, Italian socialist politician
1938 – Phil Knight, American businessman, founder of the sports brand Nike
1943 – Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter
1944 – Ivica Racan, Croatian politician
1955 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, founder of Apple
Alain Prost, French racing driver.
1969 – Alejandro González, American drummer (Maná)
1973 – Martha Julia, Mexican actress
1977 – Alberto Valdivia Baselli, Peruvian writer
1980 – Anton Maiden, Swedish singer
1981 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
1987 – Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese actress and model
1989 – Daniel Kaluuya, British actor and model
1992 – Oleksiy Shevchenko, Ukrainian footballer
1994 – Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper
2000 – Antony Matheus dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
Who died on February 24?
1468. Johann Gutemberg, German printer, inventor of the printing press.
1695 – Johann Ambrosius Bach, Alem musicianán, father of Johann Sebastian Bach.
1815 – Robert Fulton, American engineer, inventor of the steam engine
1911 – Jules Joseph Lefebvre, French painter
1929 – André Messager, French conductor and composer
1948 – Alfredo Baldomir, Uruguayan soldier and politician
1964 – Alexander Archipenko, Russian sculptor
1967 – Franz Waxman, German composer
1973.- Manolo Caracol, Spanish flamenco singer.
1978 – Alma Thomas, American expressionist painter
1990.- Sandro Pertini, former President of Italy.
– Malcolm Forbes, American billionaire publisher
1991 – Héctor Rial, Spanish-Argentine footballer
1993 – Bobby Moore, English footballer
1994 – Jean Sablon, French singer
2006 – Dennis Weaver, American actor
2007 – Bruce Bennett, American actor and singer
2014 –- Harold Ramis, American actor and film director
2020.- Katherine Johnson, the American mathematician who was key to the arrival of man on the Moon.
With tears and pain, he throws ashes from the stands of a football stadium
