February 24, 1582 – Pope Gregory XIII corrected mistakes on the Julian calendar by dropping ten days. The Gregorian or “New Style” calendar was then adopted by Catholic countries followed gradually by other nations.
February 26, 1848 – The “Manifesto of the Communist Party” is published by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
February 24, 1867 – The U. S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson following bitter opposition to his post-Civil War reconstruction policies in the South. The effort to remove him from office failed in the Senate by one vote.
February 27, 1950 – The 22nd Amendment to the U. S. Constitution is ratified limiting the President to two terms or a maximum of ten years in office.