Page 8: Historical Events In February - 24

1960  On this day in history jean Binet, composer, dies at 66   

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

1962  On February - 24 general mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea   

1962  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1964  Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for heavyweight boxing championship on February - 24.   

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 this day in history east German President Ulbricht visits Egypt   

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

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

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

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

1968  Discovery of the first pulsar in space on this day in history.   

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

1968  On this day in history uS troops reconquer Hue Vietnam   

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  Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61 on February - 24.   

1970  On February - 24 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)   

1970  On February - 24 conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73   

1971  Algeria nationalizes French oil companies on February - 24.   

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  Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh on this day in history.   

1975  On February - 24 nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of USSR (1955-58), dies at 79   

1976  Cuba adopts its constitution on February - 24.   

1976  Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in New York NY on February - 24.   

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

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

1977  President Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights on this day in history.   

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

1979  On February - 24 war between North & South Yemen begins   

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  Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer on this day in history.   

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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 February - 24.   

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

1463  On February - 24 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  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 this day in history.   

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 February - 24.   

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

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

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.