February 24

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[edit] Events

1. 1387 - King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
2. 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
3. 1920 - The National Socialist German Workers Party is founded.

[edit] Births

1. 1545 - Don John of Austria, military leader (d. 1578)
2. 1831 - Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
3. 1898 - Kurt Tank, German aeronautical engineer and test pilot (d. 1983)

[edit] Deaths

1. 616 - King Ethelbert of Kent
2. 1953 - Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)