Important Events From This day in History – 24 February

Today in History

• 2010 Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first cricket player to score a double-century in the One Day International format

  The Indian cricketer is widely regarded as one of the game’s greatest batsmen.

• 1989 A Boeing 747 jumbo jet rips open over the Pacific Ocean

  United Airlines Flight 811 experienced an explosive decompression, resulting in the death of 9 passengers.

• 1920 The German nazi party is founded

  Adolf Hitler became the party’s leader in 1921.

• 1607 The world’s first opera is premiered

  Claudio Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo” is still performed regularly today.

• 1582 Pope Gregory XIII orders the introduction of the Gregorian calendar

  The Julian calendar reform of Luigi Lilio was first implemented in some European countries and is now the world’s most widely used calendar.