February 24

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1582	Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.	Bright Eyes	The Calendar Hung Itself	Fevers and Mirrors
2	1803	In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.	Replicator	Validation Complex	Replicator
3	1831	The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippicede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.	Valley of the Giants	Westworld	Valley of the Giants
4	1875	The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australianeast coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries.	Cursive	Sink to the Beat	Burst and Bloom
5	1942	Battle of Los Angeles: a UFO flying over wartime Los Angeles causes a blackout order at 2:25 a.m. and attracts a barrage of anti-aircraft fire, ultimately killing 3 civilians.	Grissle	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Total Fury / Grissle split
6	1989	Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a USD $3 million bounty for the deathof The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.	Clap Your Hand Say Yeah	Satan Said Dance	Some Loud Thunder
7	1989	United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.	Stereolab	The Way Will Be Opening	Super-Electric
8	2008	Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.	Damien Jurado	Tonight I Will Retire	Ghost of David

(Historical facts about February 24 are from Wikipedia.)