February 24th - Moment in World History
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Significant events1582 - Time and dates changed. Pope Gregory XIII decided to adopt the Gregorian calendar which we continue to use to this day, replacing the Julian calendar, which was deemed to be extremely unreliable. 1994 - British Coal announced that their last four pit ponies were retiring
Births1946 - John Stapleton, UK TV presenter 1948 - Dennis Waterman, UK actor 1955 - Alain Prost, French grand prix driver 1964 - Andy Crane, UK ex-TV presenter
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