February 24 - this day in history

February 24, 1466 in Bruges (Belgium) took place the first of the famous lotteries, organized by the widow of the Flemish painter Jan van Eyck.

1582 - Pope Gregory XIII with his bullet Inter gravissimas announced the reformation of the calendar and the introduction of the Gregorian calendar, which is used today in most countries of the planet.

1852 - writer Nikolai Gogol burned the second volume of his poem Dead Souls.

1902 - in the UK, Dr. Lanchester patented a disc brake design.

1910 - Malmo Football Club was founded in Sweden.

1938 - Oral-B company released the world's first toothbrush with nylon fiber instead of natural bristles.

1942 - the first radio broadcasting of the Voice of America radio station.

1955 - A treaty (the Baghdad Pact) between Iraq and Turkey was signed in Baghdad, which was then joined by the United Kingdom, Iran and Pakistan.

1973 - the program “Obvious - Incredible” first appeared on TV.

2011 - Dynamo Kyiv at home, at the Dynamo stadium named after Valery Lobanovsky, won Besiktas with a score of 4:0, thereby passing the Europa League into the 1/8 final.