Historical Events In February - 24

1981  On February - 24 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  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 February - 24.   

1984  On February - 24 iraq resumes air attack on Iran   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 February - 24.   

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  On February - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

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 February - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1992  On February - 24 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  On February - 24 dinah Shore, singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at 76   

1995  On February - 24 dow-Jones hits record 4011.74   

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1103  On February - 24 birth of emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)   

1304  On February - 24 birth of muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)   

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

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 this day in history 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  Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

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

1525  On February - 24 death of guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier   

1563  On February - 24 death of francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44   

1588  On February - 24 death of johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist   

1642  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

1666  Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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.