Page 9: Historical Events In February - 24

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

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

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

1984  On February - 24 uwe Johnson, writer, dies at 59   

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 February - 24.   

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

1986  On this day in history voyager 2, first Uranus fly-by   

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

1987  Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack on February - 24.   

1988  Matti Nykanen becomes winter Olympics first triple gold medalist on February - 24.   

1988  On this day in history south African apartheid regime bans the UDF   

1988  Supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody on this day in history.   

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

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

1989  Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife on February - 24.   

1989  On this day in history uS Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die   

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

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

1990  On February - 24 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  On this day in history uS & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops   

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  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  On this day in history dinah Shore, singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at 76   

1995  On February - 24 dow-Jones hits record 4011.74   

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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  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 February - 24 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  Death of King Ethelbert of Kent on February - 24.   

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

1563  On this day in history death of francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44   

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

1642  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 on February - 24.   

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

1674  Death of Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616) on February - 24.   

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