About the day » Tuesday February 24, 2009Calender converter

• Adriana Oosterveer (88), Oegstgeest
• Anna Meyer (89), Aschendorf
• Arnoldus Hendrikus Maria Maandonks (85), Hapert
• Elizabeth van der Meijden (93), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Fettje van der Veen (73), Beetsterzwaag
• Anna Brassel (86), Vijlen
• Barbara M Bush (87), Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Maria Adriana Uijt de Willigen (89), Tilburg, Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• CORNELIA ROCOURT (103), VLAARDINGEN
• Elli Pfeiffer (86)

• 1982 » Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 » Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
• 1984 » Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
• 1985 » Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and music composer
• 1987 » Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
• 1988 » Mathieu Baudry, French footballer
• 1989 » Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 » Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
• 1991 » Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
• 1996 » Royce Freeman, American football player

• 2006 » Dennis Weaver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
• 2006 » Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)
• 2006 » John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (b. 1947)
• 2006 » Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (b. 1947)
• 2007 » Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (b. 1906)
• 2007 » Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
• 2008 » Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 2010 » Dawn Brancheau, senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (b. 1969)
• 2011 » Anant Pai, Indian author and illustrator (b. 1929)
• 2012 » Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930)

1. Sebastiaan
2. Jesse
3. Thijs
4. Daan
5. Lucas
6. Ruben
7. Thomas
8. Tobias
9. Levi
10. Tim
11. Jan
12. Lars
13. Mitchel
14. Luuk
15. Milan
16. Jayden

1. Emma
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Babette
6. Julia
7. Eva
8. Sanne
9. Noor
10. Anne
11. Charlotte
12. Lisa
13. Isa
14. Lotte
15. Delphine
16. Evi

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 8 » A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
• January 29 » The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
• June 1 » Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
• June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
• September 2 » The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
• November 23 » The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines.

The temperature on February 24, 2009 was between 1.8 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.