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February 24th, 2008	Event	Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.
February 24th, 2006	Event	Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
February 24th, 1999	Event	The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery, in spite of Germany s legal action to attempt to save him.
February 24th, 1999	Event	A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People s Republic of China, killing 61.
February 24th, 1996	Event	The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.
February 24th, 1995	Event	The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
February 24th, 1989	Event	Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
February 24th, 1989	Event	United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.
February 24th, 1983	Event	A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
February 24th, 1981	Event	Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.

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