On Feb. 24, 1868, the House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson was later acquitted by the Senate.

¢ In 1903, the U.S. signed an agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

¢ In 1920, a fledgling German political party held its first meeting in Munich; it became known as the Nazi Party, and its chief spokesman was Adolf Hitler.

¢ In 1981, Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain’s Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.