What happend on 24th February

23.02
25.02
1938

A nylon bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product (DuPont) to be made with nylon yarn.

1925

A thermite (magnesium) bomb is used for the first time to break up a 250,000-ton ice jam clogging the St. Lawrence River near Waddington, New York.

1918

Estonia is independent from Imperial Russia.

1917

World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if that country declares war on the United States.

1909

The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded.

1899

Western Washington University Established.

1881

China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty

1868

The first parade to have floats is staged at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1868

Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted.

1863

Arizona is organized as a United States territory.