Today is Thursday, February 24, the 55th day of 2011. There are 310 days left in the year.
303 ― First official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued
1582 ― Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1711 ― Handel's opera ``Rinaldo" premieres, London
1821 ― Mexico gains independence from Spain
1868 ― House of Representatives vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson
1917 ― Russian revolution breaks out
1924 ― Mahatma Gandhi released from jail
1933 ― League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria
1946 ― Juan Peron elected President of Argentina
1997 ― Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb. 19)