Page 9: Historical Events In February - 24

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1983  On February - 24 uSSR performs underground nuclear test   

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

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

1984  On this day in history uwe Johnson, writer, dies at 59   

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

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

1986  On this day in history texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million   

1986  On February - 24 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 February - 24.   

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

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  On February - 24 irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at 96   

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

1989  On February - 24 margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife   

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 February - 24.   

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

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  George Gobel, Chicago, comedian (George Gobel Show), dies at 71 on February - 24.   

1992  On this day in history kay Loring, dies after long illness   

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

1993  On this day in history 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  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  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  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist was born on February - 24.   

1500  On February - 24 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  On this day in history 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  On February - 24 death of king Ethelbert of Kent   

1525  Death of Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier on February - 24.   

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 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 February - 24.