Page 8: Historical Events In February - 24

1960  Jean Binet, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit   

1962  General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea on February - 24.   

1962  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 24.   

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

1964  Alexander Archipenko, Ukr sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history beatles begin filming "Help" in the Bahamas   

1965  East German President Ulbricht visits Egypt on this day in history.   

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

1966  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1967  Franz Waxman, German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60 on February - 24.   

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 February - 24.   

1968  On February - 24 uS troops reconquer Hue Vietnam   

1969  On February - 24 mariner 6 launched for Mars fly-by   

1969  Mariner 6, first spacecraft to fly by Mars, launched on this day in history.   

1969  Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1970  Conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73 on February - 24.   

1971  Algeria nationalizes French oil companies on February - 24.   

1971  On this day in history 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   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU   

1976  On this day in history charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82   

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

1979  On February - 24 highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford TX   

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  On February - 24 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  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 February - 24.   

1463  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist was born on this day in history.   

1500  Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)   

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

1525  Death of Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier on February - 24.   

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

1588  Death of Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist on February - 24.   

1642  On this day in history marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66   

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