Page 9: Historical Events In February - 24

1981  Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower on February - 24.   

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 February - 24.   

1983  On this day in history 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  On this day in history uSSR performs underground nuclear test   

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 this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King & I"   

1986  Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million on February - 24.   

1986  Voyager 2, first Uranus fly-by on February - 24.   

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

1987  On February - 24 radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack   

1988  Matti Nykanen becomes winter Olympics first triple gold medalist on this day in history.   

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

1988  On February - 24 supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody   

1988  Irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at 96 on this day in history.   

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

1989  Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife on this day in history.   

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

1989  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 24.   

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

1990  Johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61 on this day in history.   

1991  "Those Were The Days" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 126 performances on this day in history.   

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 February - 24.   

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

1992  Kay Loring, dies after long illness on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history 35th Grammy Awards Tears in Heaven-Eric Clapton wins   

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 February - 24.   

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1103  Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) was born on this day in history.   

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  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist was born on February - 24.   

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

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

1536  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) was born on February - 24.   

1545  Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) was born on February - 24.   

0616  Death of King Ethelbert of Kent on this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history death of guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier   

1563  Death of Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 on this day in history.   

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

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

1666  On this day in history nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77   

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

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