History of 24 February
- 1992 – “Wayne’s World” opened in U.S. theaters.
- 1992 – Tracy Gold began working on the set of “Growing Pains” again. She had left the show due to anorexia.
- 1994 – In Los Angeles, Garrett Morris was shot during a robbery attempt. He eventually recovered from his injury.
- 1997 – The U.S. The Food and Drug Administration named six brands of birth control as safe and effective “morning-after” pills for preventing pregnancy.
- 1997 – Dick Enberg received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1999 – In southeast China, a domestic airliner crashed killing all 64 passengers.
- 2007 – The Virginia General Assembly passed a resolution expressing “profound regret” for the state’s role in slavery.
- 2008 – Cuba’s parliament named Raul Castro president. His brother Fidel had ruled for nearly 50 years.
- 2015 – A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
- 2016 – Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1980 – Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler, and mixed martial artist
- 1981 – Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
- 1981 – Lleyton Hewitt, an Australian tennis player
- 1981 – Mauro Rosales, the Argentinian footballer
- 1981 – Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
- 1982 – Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
- 1982 – Emanuel Villa, the Argentinian footballer
- 1982 – Klára Koukalová, a Czech tennis player
- 1982 – Fala Chen, Chinese actress, and singer
- 1984 – Corey Graves, American wrestler, and sportscaster
- 1985 – Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and music composer
- 1987 – Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
- 1988 – Mathieu Baudry, French footballer
- 1989 – Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1991 – Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
- 1991 – Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer