Subject: February 24th

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303 ~ The Roman Emperor Galerius published his edict that began the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire.



1786 ~ Birthday of Wilhelm Grimm, Philologist & Folklorist.



1803 ~ The U.S. Supreme Court, in Marbury v. Madison, established the principle of judicial review.



1856 ~ Death of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician.



1868 ~ The U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson.



1903 ~ The U.S. signed an agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.



1942 ~ Birthday of Joseph Lieberman, U.S. Senator.



1949 ~ At White Sands NM, "Project Bumper” a WAC CORPORAL attached to a German built V-2 rocket, reached a height of 250 miles above sea level, the first rocket to reach outer space. The entire trip took 6-1/2 minutes from firing.



1955 ~ Birthday of Steve Jobs, Computer Pioneer.



1981 ~ Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.



2001 ~ Death of Claude E. Shannon , "father of information theory".





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