February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 310 days remaining until the end of the year (311 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
+ 1854 – A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
+ 1868 – Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
+ 1980 – The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal
( Births )
+ 1921 – Abe Vigoda, American actor (d. 2016)
+ 1947 – Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
+ 1958 – Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist