Page 8: Historical Events In February - 24

1960  Jean Binet, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1961  On February - 24 explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit   

1962  On February - 24 general mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea   

1962  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1964  Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for heavyweight boxing championship on February - 24.   

1964  On this day in history alexander Archipenko, Ukr sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76   

1965  Beatles begin filming "Help" in the Bahamas on February - 24.   

1965  East German President Ulbricht visits Egypt on February - 24.   

1966  Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana on February - 24.   

1966  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1967  On February - 24 franz Waxman, German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60   

1968  A pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) on this day in history.   

1968  On February - 24 discovery of the first pulsar in space   

1968  Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games on February - 24.   

1968  On this day in history uS troops reconquer Hue Vietnam   

1969  On this day in history mariner 6 launched for Mars fly-by   

1969  On this day in history mariner 6, first spacecraft to fly by Mars, launched   

1969  Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)   

1970  Conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 24 algeria nationalizes French oil companies   

1971  On February - 24 captain JJ Smith, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, wins a Bar to his Military Cross The AATTV was the most decorated unit in Australian military history   

1973  On February - 24 art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73   

1974  On this day in history pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh   

1975  On February - 24 nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of USSR (1955-58), dies at 79   

1976  On this day in history cuba adopts its constitution   

1976  Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in New York NY on February - 24.   

1976  On February - 24 leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU   

1976  Charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82 on February - 24.   

1977  President Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights on this day in history.   

1979  Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford TX on February - 24.   

1979  On February - 24 war between North & South Yemen begins   

1980  On this day in history the U.S. hockey team beats Finland 4-2, to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, NY.   

1981  Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer on this day in history.   

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1103  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ?   

1463  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist was born on this day in history.   

1500  On this day in history birth of carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor   

1501  Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna) was born on this day in history.   

1536  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On February - 24 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  Death of Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 on February - 24.   

1588  On this day in history death of johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist   

1642  On this day in history marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66   

1666  Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1674  Death of Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616) on this day in history.   

1685  Death of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629) on this day in history.