02-24-2005, 05:45 AM
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February 24th
303 ~ Galerius, Roman Emperor, published his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire.
1786 ~ Birthday of Wilhelm Grimm, Philologist & Folklorist.
1803 ~ The Supreme Court of the United States, in Marbury v. Madison, established the principle of judicial review
1856 ~ Death of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician.
1943 ~ Birthday of George Harrison, member of The Beatles.
1946 ~ Juan Perón was elected president of Argentina.
1955 ~ Birthday of Steve Jobs, Computer Pioneer.
1981 ~ Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.
1989 ~ Ayatollah Khomeini offered a $3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
2001 ~ Death of Claude E. Shannon, "father of information theory".
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