Historical Events In February - 24

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

1982  On February - 24 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 February - 24 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 this day in history iraq resumes air attack on Iran  

1984  On February - 24 uwe Johnson, writer, dies at 59  

1985  On this day in history 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 February - 24.  

1986  Voyager 2, first Uranus fly-by on this day in history.  

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

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 February - 24.  

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

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

1989  On February - 24 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  On February - 24 publisher Malcolm Forbes dies in Far Hills, NJ, at age 70.  

1990  Johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61 on this day in history.  

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

1991  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1992  Kay Loring, dies after long illness on this day in history.  

1993  On this day in history 35th Grammy Awards Tears in Heaven-Eric Clapton wins  

1993  Bobby Moore, English soccer team capt (World champs 1966), dies on this day in history.  

1994  On February - 24 dinah Shore, singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at 76  

1995  Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74 on this day in history.  

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1103  Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) was born on this day in history.  

1304  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1500  Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor was born on February - 24.  

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  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  Death of Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 on February - 24.  

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 this day in history nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77  

1674  On this day in history 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)