February 24 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2016 — Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District,... ↗
• 2015 — A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured. ↗
• 2008 — Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for... ↗
• 2007 — Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea. ↗
• 2006 — Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue... ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1994 — Earl Sweatshirt, American hip-hop artist
• 1991 — Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
• 1991 — Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
• 1989 — Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1989 — Kosta Koufos, American basketball player