Historical Events In February - 24

1981  Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower on this day in history.   

1982  24th Grammy Awards Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy win on February - 24.   

1982  Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1983  On February - 24 a U.S. congressional report condemns the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII.   

1983  On February - 24 dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for first time   

1983  USSR performs underground nuclear test on February - 24.   

1983  Herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90 on February - 24.   

1984  On this day in history iraq resumes air attack on Iran   

1984  On this day in history uwe Johnson, writer, dies at 59   

1985  Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal on February - 24.   

1985  Yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King & I" on this day in history.   

1986  On February - 24 texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million   

1986  Voyager 2, first Uranus fly-by on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history 29th Grammy Awards Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby win   

1987  Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack on this day in history.   

1988  On February - 24 matti Nykanen becomes winter Olympics first triple gold medalist   

1988  South African apartheid regime bans the UDF on February - 24.   

1988  Supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody on February - 24.   

1988  Irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at 96 on February - 24.   

1989  On February - 24 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found   

1989  On this day in history margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife   

1989  US Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die on February - 24.   

1989  On February - 24 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1990  Publisher Malcolm Forbes dies in Far Hills, NJ, at age 70 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61   

1991  "Those Were The Days" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 126 performances on February - 24.   

1991  In its first free elections since the collapse of communism, Lithuania rejects the Communist Party on February - 24.   

1991  US & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history george Gobel, Chicago, comedian (George Gobel Show), dies at 71   

1992  On February - 24 kay Loring, dies after long illness   

1993  35th Grammy Awards Tears in Heaven-Eric Clapton wins on February - 24.   

1993  On this day in history bobby Moore, English soccer team capt (World champs 1966), dies   

1994  Dinah Shore, singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at 76 on February - 24.   

1995  Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74 on this day in history.   

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1103  On February - 24 birth of emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)   

1304  On this day in history birth of muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)   

1304  On February - 24 birth of ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ?   

1463  On February - 24 birth of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist   

1500  Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor was born on February - 24.   

1501  On this day in history birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)   

1536  On February - 24 birth of clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605)   

1545  On this day in history birth of don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)   

0616  On February - 24 death of king Ethelbert of Kent   

1525  Death of Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier on February - 24.   

1563  On February - 24 death of francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44   

1588  On February - 24 death of johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist   

1642  On February - 24 marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66   

1666  On February - 24 nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77   

1674  On this day in history death of matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)   

1685  On February - 24 death of charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)