Squiz the Day / 24 February 2024
24 February 2024
10.00am (AEDT) – Bathurst 500 Supercars Championship – Bathurst
7.00pm (AEDT) – Women’s Soccer Olympic qualified – Matildas v Uzbekistan – Uzbekistan, and broadcast live on ten
11.00pm (AEDT) – The Republican presidential primaries continue in South Carolina
Horse racing – Blue Diamond Stakes; Oakleigh Plate; Futurity Stakes – Caulfield
Independence Day – Estonia
Quiet Day
Birthdays for boxer Floyd Mayweather (1977), tennis champ Lleyton Hewitt (1981)
Anniversary of:
- the sinking of the SS Gothenburg after hitting the Great Barrier Reef, killing approximately 100 (1875)
- the birthday of Steve Jobs (1955)
- the announcement of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer’s engagement (1981)
- Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s wedding (1992)
- former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein being found guilty in New York following associations that ignited the #MeToo movement (2020)
- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as President Vladimir Putin declares a “special military operation” (2022)
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