February 24th
1799 – Death of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist
1810 – Death of Henry Cavendish, English scientist
1812 – Death of Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician
1856 – Death of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician
A relatively quiet day. But in related news Abe Vigoda ,who was born today in 1921, is still alive.