Page 8: Historical Events In February - 24

1960  On February - 24 jean Binet, composer, dies at 66   

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

1962  General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1964  On this day in history cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for heavyweight boxing championship   

1964  On February - 24 alexander Archipenko, Ukr sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76   

1965  Beatles begin filming "Help" in the Bahamas on this day in history.   

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

1966  On February - 24 coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana   

1966  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1968  On this day in history a pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)   

1968  On this day in history discovery of the first pulsar in space   

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  On February - 24 mariner 6 launched for Mars fly-by   

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  29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland) on this day in history.   

1970  On February - 24 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 this day in history art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73   

1974  On this day in history pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh   

1975  On this day in history nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of USSR (1955-58), dies at 79   

1976  On February - 24 cuba adopts its constitution   

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

1976  Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU on this day in history.   

1976  Charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1977  President Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights on February - 24.   

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

1979  War between North & South Yemen begins on this day in history.   

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 February - 24.   

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

1304  Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa) was born on February - 24.   

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  Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor was born on February - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

0616  On this day in history death of king Ethelbert of Kent   

1525  On February - 24 death of guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier   

1563  On February - 24 death of francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44   

1588  Death of Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist on this day in history.   

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  On February - 24 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 February - 24.