Historical Events for 24th February 2019

1793 – French troops conquer Breda
1857 – LA Vineyard Society organized
1881 – China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
1894 – Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1918 – Estonia declares independence from Russia
1944 – Minister of War Juan PerĂ³n leads a coup in Argentina
1945 – Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree
1970 – 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)
1987 – LA Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point
1995 – The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.

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