Historical Events In February - 24

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

1961  Explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit on this day in history.   

1962  On February - 24 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  Alexander Archipenko, Ukr sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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 February - 24 discovery of the first pulsar in space   

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

1968  On February - 24 uS troops reconquer Hue Vietnam   

1969  Mariner 6 launched for Mars fly-by on February - 24.   

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

1969  On this day in history kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61   

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

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

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  Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73 on this day in history.   

1974  Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh on February - 24.   

1975  Nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of USSR (1955-58), dies at 79 on February - 24.   

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 February - 24.   

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

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

1979  On this day in history 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  Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) was born on February - 24.   

1304  On February - 24 birth of muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)   

1304  On February - 24 birth of ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ?   

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

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  On February - 24 death of king Ethelbert of Kent   

1525  On February - 24 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  On this day in history 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  On February - 24 death of charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)