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

1965  Beatles begin filming "Help" in the Bahamas on February - 24.  

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 February - 24.  

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

1968  On February - 24 a pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)  

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

1968  On this day in history gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games  

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

1969  On this day in history mariner 6 launched for Mars fly-by  

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

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

1971  Algeria nationalizes French oil companies on this day in history.  

1971  On February - 24 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  Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73 on this day in history.  

1974  Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh on February - 24.  

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

1976  On this day in history cuba adopts its constitution  

1976  Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in New York NY on this day in history.  

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

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  Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford TX on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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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 this day in history birth of ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ?  

1463  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist was born on February - 24.  

1500  On February - 24 birth of carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor  

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 February - 24.  

1545  On February - 24 birth of don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)  

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  On this day in history 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 February - 24 nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77  

1674  On February - 24 death of matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)  

1685  On February - 24 death of charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)