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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/1720" title="1720">1720</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Quadruple_Alliance" title="War of the Quadruple Alliance">War of the Quadruple Alliance</a>: Spanish forces began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Nassau_(1720)" title="Raid on Nassau (1720)">a failed assault</a></b> on the British settlement of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau,_Bahamas" title="Nassau, Bahamas">Nassau</a> in the Bahamas.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a> – After having stood for only 15 years, London's <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane" title="Theatre Royal, Drury Lane">Theatre Royal, Drury Lane</a></b>, the third building of that name, burned down.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnamese</a> forces led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C3%B4_Quang_Tr%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fng" title="Ngô Quang Trưởng">Ngô Quang Trưởng</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hu%E1%BA%BF" title="Battle of Huế">recaptured</a></b> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_City_of_Hu%E1%BA%BF" title="Imperial City of Huế">citadel of Huế</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978" title="1978">1978</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuba_County_Five" title="Yuba County Five">Five men disappeared</a></b> after attending a college basketball game in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico,_California" title="Chico, California">Chico, California</a>; the bodies of four of them were discovered in June that year.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Andros" title="Edmund Andros">Edmund Andros</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1714); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Buonaparte" title="Carlo Buonaparte">Carlo Buonaparte</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1785); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risa_Hontiveros" title="Risa Hontiveros">Risa Hontiveros</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1966)</p>
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