Page 9: Historical Events In February - 24

1981  Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history 24th Grammy Awards Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy win   

1982  Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1983  A U.S. congressional report condemns the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for first time   

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

1983  Herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1984  On February - 24 iraq resumes air attack on Iran   

1984  Uwe Johnson, writer, dies at 59 on February - 24.   

1985  On February - 24 birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal   

1985  On February - 24 yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King & I"   

1986  Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million on this day in history.   

1986  On February - 24 voyager 2, first Uranus fly-by   

1987  On this day in history 29th Grammy Awards Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby win   

1987  Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack on February - 24.   

1988  Matti Nykanen becomes winter Olympics first triple gold medalist on February - 24.   

1988  On this day in history south African apartheid regime bans the UDF   

1988  Supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at 96   

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

1989  Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history uS Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die   

1989  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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

1990  On February - 24 johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61   

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  On February - 24 uS & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops   

1991  On February - 24 george Gobel, Chicago, comedian (George Gobel Show), dies at 71   

1992  On February - 24 kay Loring, dies after long illness   

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

1993  Bobby Moore, English soccer team capt (World champs 1966), dies on February - 24.   

1994  Dinah Shore, singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at 76 on February - 24.   

1995  Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74 on February - 24.   

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1103  On this day in history birth of emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)   

1304  Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa) was born on February - 24.   

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

1463  On February - 24 birth of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist   

1500  On this day in history birth of carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor   

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 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)   

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