February 24 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1968  A pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge).   

1968  Discovery of the inaugural pulsar in space.   

1968  Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games.   

1968  US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam   

1969  Mariner 6 launched for Mars fly-by.   

1969  Mariner 6, inaugural spacecraft to fly by Mars, launched   

1969  Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61.   

1970  29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)   

1970  Conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73   

1971  Algeria nationalizes French oil companies.   

1971  In this year, Captain JJ Smith, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, claims 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   

1974  Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh.   

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

1976  In this year, Cuba formally adopts its constitution.   

1976  Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in New York NY   

1976  Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU.   

1976  Charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82.   

1977  President Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights.   

1979  Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42500, Stamford TX   

1979  War between North and 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   

1981  Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.   

1981  Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower   

1982  24th Grammy Awards Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy win   

1982  Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71.   

1983  A U.S. congressional report condemns the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII   

1983  Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for inaugural time.   

1983  Herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90   

1984  Iraq resumes air attack on Iran   

1984  Uwe Johnson, writer, dies at 59.   

1985  Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal.   

1985  Yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King and I".   

1986  Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million   

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1103  Emperor toba of japan: Emperor toba of japan (d. 1156)   

1304  Muhammad ibn battutah: Arab travel writer (travels in asia & africa)   

1304  Ibn battuta: Arabian explorer ?   

1463  Giovanni pico della mirandola: Italy, scholar/platonist   

1500  Carlos v: King of spain (1516-56)/holy roman emperor   

1501  Sixt(us) birck [xystus betulius]: German writer (suzanna)   

1536  Clement viii: [ippolito aldofireini], fano italy, pope (1592-1605)   

1545  Don john of austria: Spanish military leader   

0616  Death of King ethelbert of kent: King ethelbert of kent   

1525  Death of Guillaume gouffier: Seigneur de bonnivet, french soldier   

1563  Death of Francois guise: French general/duke, assassinated at 44   

1588  Johann weyer: Dutch physician and occultist   

1642  Marco da gagliano: Italian opera composer,   

1666  Death of Nicholas lanier: Composer,   

1674  Death of Matthias weckmann: German composer (b. 1616)   

1685  Death of Charles howard: 1st earl of carlisle, english politician and military leader (b. 1629)