Historical Events In February - 24

1960  Jean Binet, composer, dies at 66 on February - 24.  

1961  Explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit on February - 24.  

1962  On this day in history general mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea  

1962  On February - 24 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1964  On February - 24 cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for heavyweight boxing championship  

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 this day in history.  

1965  On February - 24 east German President Ulbricht visits Egypt  

1966  On this day in history coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana  

1966  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 24.  

1967  Franz Waxman, German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1968  A pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) on February - 24.  

1968  Discovery of the first pulsar in space on February - 24.  

1968  Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games on this day in history.  

1968  US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam on this day in history.  

1969  Mariner 6 launched for Mars fly-by on this day in history.  

1969  On February - 24 mariner 6, first spacecraft to fly by Mars, launched  

1969  On February - 24 kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61  

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

1970  On this day in history conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73  

1971  On February - 24 algeria nationalizes French oil companies  

1971  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 on February - 24.  

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  Nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of USSR (1955-58), dies at 79 on February - 24.  

1976  On this day in history cuba adopts its constitution  

1976  On this day in history jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in New York NY  

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

1976  On February - 24 charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82  

1977  On February - 24 president Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights  

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

1979  War between North & South Yemen begins on February - 24.  

1980  The U.S. hockey team beats Finland 4-2, to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, NY on February - 24.  

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

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1103  On this day in history birth of emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)  

1304  Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa) was born on this day in history.  

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

1463  On this day in history 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  Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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