Talk:February 24

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February 24: Independence Day in Estonia (1918); Flag Day in Mexico 303 – Roman Emperor Diocletian's first "Edict against the Christians" was published, beginning the Diocletianic Persecution, the last and most severe episode of the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. 1582 – Pope Gregory XIII issued the papal bull Inter gravissimas to promulgate the Gregorian calendar, a modification of the Julian calendar in use since 45 BC. 1803 – In their ruling in Marbury v. Madison, the U.S. Supreme Court established judicial review in the United States. 1848 – Amid a revolt, French King Louis-Philippe (pictured) abdicated and escaped to England, leading to the creation of the French Second Republic. 1946 – Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, was elected to his first term as President of Argentina. More events: February 23 – February 24 – February 25 Archive – By email – More anniversaries...

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Samuel Colt received his patent for the "revolver" on Feb. 25, 1836 by almost every other source I checked. You might want to revisit this article.

[edit] Communist Manifesto is attributed to 2 dates

Feb 24th has an entry, as has Feb 21st.

The "Communist Manifesto" entry itself says Feb 21st.

I'm not a scholar, I was just born on Feb 24th and was checking for trivia when I found this inconsistency.

Best,

Farhad.

Thanks, Farhad. I've removed the entry on Feb. 24th. -- PFHLai 01:18, 2005 Feb 16 (UTC)

[edit] Air traffic controller murder

• 2004 - Air traffic controller Peter Neilson was stabbed to death by Russian architect Vitaly Kaloyev as the revenge for the Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 crash allegedly caused by the incompetence of Swiss air traffic controller company Skyguide.

This entry does not seem to me to be globally notable enough for inclusion. It is an interesting news item, but not notable. I can't imagine that this event can be considered a social milestone, major crime or impetus for widespread change. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 02:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Long introduction

Adding a long introduction to this article is not in keeping with the standard format of the date articles. The long narrative on the origin of the leap day is better left to its own article. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 19:26, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

The IP user who is responsible for this has a long history of trying to promote inaccurate ideas about Roman leap years in Wikipedia, based on outdated scholarship poorly understood. He refuses to discuss his ideas on Talk pages, and basically is incapable of accepting any ideas other than his own. In short, he's a crank. Most Wikipedia calendar articles related to this issue have been permanently semiprotected against him, but this one has slipped through the cracks until now.

I have changed the Roman discussion to something more appropriate for this type of page, and asked an admin who has been following this case to take appropriate action if it turns out to be needed, which I expect it will. --Chris Bennett (talk) 02:15, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Additional attempts to inject this information will be reverted on sight unless communication to consensus takes place. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 14:48, 21 April 2008 (UTC)