Following are some of the major events to have occurred on February 24:
\n1935 \u2013 Grand Prix in Pau.
\n1946 \u2013 Juan Peron elected as president in Argentina.
\n2000 \u2013 Philippines Mayon Volcano erupts, causing thousands to flee their homes in towns around Legazpi.
\n2002 \u2013 For the first time in 74 years of the Oscars, two black film stars won the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress: Denzel Washington for \u201cTraining Day\u201d and Halle Berry for \u201cMonster\u2019s Ball\u201d.
\n2002 \u2013 Closing ceremony of Salt Lake Winter Olympics in United States.
\n2004 \u2013 Earthquake hits Morocco kills at least 220 people.
\n2006 \u2013 Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares state of emergency.
\n2007 \u2013 Virgin train high-speed crash in northern Britain.
\n2008 \u2013 Raul Castro was named president of Cuba, ending his brother Fidel\u2019s 49-year rule but keeping the country on a communist path. ($1=.7283 Euro)
\n2010 \u2013 Anti-government protests in Athens.
\n2015 \u2013 Metrolink train derails in California after hitting a tractor trailer stopped on its tracks during morning rush hour.
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– 1935: Grand Prix took place in Pau.
\n– 1946: Juan Peron was elected as president of Argentina.
\n– 2000: Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupted, causing thousands to flee their homes around Legazpi.
\n– 2002: Denzel Washington and Halle Berry won the Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, marking the first time two black film stars won these awards in the same year.
\n– 2002: The Salt Lake Winter Olympics’ closing ceremony was held in the United States.
\n– 2004: An earthquake in Morocco resulted in at least 220 fatalities.
\n– 2006: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a state of emergency.
\n– 2007: A Virgin train crashed at high speed in northern Britain.
\n– 2008: Raul Castro was named president of Cuba, succeeding his brother Fidel Castro.
\n– 2010: Anti-government protests occurred in Athens.
\n– 2015: A Metrolink train in California derailed after colliding with a tractor-trailer on the tracks during the morning rush hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[195,3,599,415,658,423,659,834,577,544,447,440,18],"class_list":["post-3231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-britain","tag-cyprus","tag-euro","tag-government","tag-history","tag-olympics","tag-on-this-day","tag-philippines","tag-protests","tag-united-states","tag-volcano","tag-winter","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n