Historical Events In February - 24

1981  On this day in history jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower  

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  On this day in history a U.S. congressional report condemns the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII.  

1983  Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for first time on February - 24.  

1983  USSR performs underground nuclear test on February - 24.  

1983  On this day in history herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90  

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

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

1985  On this day in history birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal  

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1985  Yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King & I" on this day in history.  

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

1986  Voyager 2, first Uranus fly-by on February - 24.  

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

1987  On February - 24 radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack  

1988  On this day in history matti Nykanen becomes winter Olympics first triple gold medalist  

1988  South African apartheid regime bans the UDF on February - 24.  

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

1988  Irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at 96 on this day in history.  

1989  150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found on February - 24.  

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

1989  On February - 24 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 February - 24.  

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

1991  On February - 24 "Those Were The Days" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 126 performances  

1991  On February - 24 in its first free elections since the collapse of communism, Lithuania rejects the Communist Party  

1991  US & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops on February - 24.  

1991  On February - 24 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 this day in history.  

1993  On February - 24 bobby Moore, English soccer team capt (World champs 1966), dies  

1994  Dinah Shore, singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at 76 on this day in history.  

1995  On February - 24 dow-Jones hits record 4011.74  

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1103  Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) was born on February - 24.  

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

1304  Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ? was born on February - 24.  

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  On February - 24 birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)  

1536  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) was born on this day in history.  

1545  On this day in history birth of don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)  

0616  On this day in history death of king Ethelbert of Kent  

1525  Death of Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier on this day in history.  

1563  Death of Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 on this day in history.  

1588  On this day in history death of johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist  

1642  On February - 24 marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66  

1666  Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 on February - 24.  

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 February - 24.