Page 9: Historical Events In February - 24

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

1982  On this day in history 24th Grammy Awards Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy win   

1982  On February - 24 virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71   

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

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  On February - 24 herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90   

1984  Iraq resumes air attack on Iran on this day in history.   

1984  Uwe Johnson, writer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal   

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

1986  On this day in history texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million   

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

1987  On February - 24 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 this day in history matti Nykanen becomes winter Olympics first triple gold medalist   

1988  South African apartheid regime bans the UDF on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody   

1988  On this day in history irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at 96   

1989  On this day in history 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found   

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 this day in history.   

1990  Publisher Malcolm Forbes dies in Far Hills, NJ, at age 70 on February - 24.   

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

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

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  Kay Loring, dies after long illness on February - 24.   

1993  On February - 24 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  On February - 24 dow-Jones hits record 4011.74   

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1103  Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) was born on February - 24.   

1304  On February - 24 birth of muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)   

1304  Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ? was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 24 birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)   

1536  On this day in history birth of clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605)   

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

0616  On February - 24 death of king Ethelbert of Kent   

1525  Death of Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier on this day in history.   

1563  On this day in history 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  Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 on February - 24.   

1674  On February - 24 death of matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)   

1685  On this day in history death of charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)