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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_24" title="February 24">February 24</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival" title="Lantern Festival">Lantern Festival</a></b> in China (2024); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Estonian Declaration of Independence">Independence Day</a></b> in Estonia
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1711" title="1711">1711</a> –, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_opera" title="Italian opera">Italian-language opera</a> written specifically for the London stage, premiered.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>: French admiral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Thomas_Villaret_de_Joyeuse" title="Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse">Villaret de Joyeuse</a> unconditionally surrendered to the British, which ended the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Martinique_(1809)" title="Invasion of Martinique (1809)">British invasion of Martinique</a></b> and began a five-year occupation of the island.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda%E2%80%93Tanzania_War" title="Uganda–Tanzania War">Uganda–Tanzania War</a>: Ugandan government forces fled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaka" title="Masaka">Masaka, Uganda</a>, as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania_People%27s_Defence_Force" title="Tanzania People's Defence Force">Tanzania People's Defence Force</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Masaka" title="Battle of Masaka">bombarded and captured the town</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_811" title="United Airlines Flight 811">United Airlines Flight 811</a></b> experienced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontrolled_decompression" title="Uncontrolled decompression">uncontrolled decompression</a> after leaving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_K._Inouye_International_Airport" title="Daniel K. Inouye International Airport">Honolulu International Airport</a>, Hawaii, blowing seats out of the aircraft and killing nine passengers.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelberht_of_Kent" title="Æthelberht of Kent">Æthelberht of Kent</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 616); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_Folkman" title="Judah Folkman">Judah Folkman</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1933); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Simonovich-Efimova" title="Nina Simonovich-Efimova">Nina Simonovich-Efimova</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1948); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Ornstein" title="Leo Ornstein">Leo Ornstein</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2002)</p>
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