February 24th (2012) was a Friday. It's the 52nd day of the year (53rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 313 days left to the end of the year.
February 24th Famous Deaths for 2012
» Infanta Maria Adelaide of Portugal (b. 1912)
» Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930)
» István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer and educator (b. 1919)
» Jan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (b. 1923)
» Theodore Mann, American director and producer (b. 1924)
» Kenneth Price, American sculptor and painter (b. 1935)
» Jay Ward (baseball) called Jay Ward, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1938)
» Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (b. 1925)
February 24th Holidays in History
» Christian feast day:
» Æthelberht of Kent
» Lindel Tsen and Paul Sasaki (Anglican Church of Canada)
» Modest (bishop of Trier)
» Sergius of Cappadocia
» February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Dragobete (Romania)
» Flag Day in Mexico e.g Flag Day (Mexico)
» Independence Day (Estonia) e.g Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Estonia from the Russian Empire in 1918; the Soviet period is considered to have been an illegal annexation.