Feb. 24, 1942 The SS Struma, a charter ship attempting to carry Jewish refugees from Romania to Palestine in World War II, was torpedoed and sunk by a Soviet sub after being towed and abandoned in the Black Sea by Turkish authorities; all but one of the 769 refugees died.
1582 Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull, or edict, outlining his calendar reforms. (The Gregorian Calendar is the calendar in general use today.)
1803 In its Marbury v. Madison decision, the Supreme Court established judicial review of the constitutionality of statutes.
1821 Mexican rebels proclaimed the "Plan de Iguala," their declaration of independence from Spain.
1868 The House impeached President Andrew Johnson after his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. (Johnson was later acquitted by the Senate.)
1912 The American Jewish women's organization Hadassah was founded in New York City.
1918 Estonia issued its Declaration of Independence.
1920 The German Workers Party, which later became the Nazi Party, met to adopt its platform.
1946 Argentinian men went to the polls to elect Juan D. Peron president.
1961 The Federal Communications Commission authorized the first full-scale trial of pay television in Hartford, Conn.
1981 Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain's Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
1992 Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain married Hole lead vocalist Courtney Love in Hawaii.
10 years ago The Salt Lake City Olympics came to a close, the same day Canada won its first hockey gold in 50 years (the U.S. won silver).
Five years ago Virginia's General Assembly passed a resolution expressing "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery.
One year ago Discovery, the world's most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time, heading toward the International Space Station on a journey marking the beginning of the end of the shuttle era.
Thought for today "It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth." — Francois Rabelais, 16th-century French writer and physician
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