This Day, That Year – February 24

Steven Jobs, American co-founder of Apple Inc., was born on this day in 1995.

Did you know that:

• The premiere of George Handel’s opera “Rinaldo” took place at the Queen’s Theatre in London’s Haymarket on this day in 1711
• Wilhelm Grimm, a German author, and the younger brother of Jacob Grimm of the literary duo the Brothers Grimm, was born on this day in 1786
• The Mardi Gras, the first parade with floats, was held in New Orleans on this day in 1857