Page 9: Historical Events In February - 24

1981  On February - 24 jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower   

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

1982  On February - 24 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 on February - 24.   

1983  Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for first time on this day in history.   

1983  USSR performs underground nuclear test on this day in history.   

1983  Herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90 on February - 24.   

1984  Iraq resumes air attack on Iran on February - 24.   

1984  Uwe Johnson, writer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1985  Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King & I"   

1986  On February - 24 texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million   

1986  On this day in history voyager 2, first Uranus fly-by   

1987  29th Grammy Awards Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby win on February - 24.   

1987  Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack on this day in history.   

1988  On February - 24 matti Nykanen becomes winter Olympics first triple gold medalist   

1988  On February - 24 south African apartheid regime bans the UDF   

1988  On February - 24 supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody   

1988  Irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at 96 on February - 24.   

1989  On this day in history 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found   

1989  On this day in history margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife   

1989  US Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die on February - 24.   

1989  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1990  Publisher Malcolm Forbes dies in Far Hills, NJ, at age 70 on this day in history.   

1990  Johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61 on February - 24.   

1991  "Those Were The Days" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 126 performances on this day in history.   

1991  In its first free elections since the collapse of communism, Lithuania rejects the Communist Party on February - 24.   

1991  US & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history george Gobel, Chicago, comedian (George Gobel Show), dies at 71   

1992  Kay Loring, dies after long illness on February - 24.   

1993  35th Grammy Awards Tears in Heaven-Eric Clapton wins on February - 24.   

1993  On this day in history bobby Moore, English soccer team capt (World champs 1966), dies   

1994  On this day in history dinah Shore, singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at 76   

1995  On this day in history dow-Jones hits record 4011.74   

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1103  On February - 24 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 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 this day in history.   

1501  Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna) was born on February - 24.   

1536  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) was born on February - 24.   

1545  On this day in history 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 February - 24 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 this day in history.   

1685  Death of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629) on this day in history.