Page 8: Historical Events In February - 24

1960  Jean Binet, composer, dies at 66 on February - 24.   

1961  On February - 24 explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit   

1962  On this day in history general mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea   

1962  On February - 24 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1964  Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for heavyweight boxing championship on February - 24.   

1964  Alexander Archipenko, Ukr sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history beatles begin filming "Help" in the Bahamas   

1965  On February - 24 east German President Ulbricht visits Egypt   

1966  Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana on February - 24.   

1966  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 24.   

1967  On this day in history franz Waxman, German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60   

1968  A pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) on February - 24.   

1968  On this day in history discovery of the first pulsar in space   

1968  On this day in history gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games   

1968  On this day in history uS troops reconquer Hue Vietnam   

1969  Mariner 6 launched for Mars fly-by on February - 24.   

1969  On this day in history mariner 6, first spacecraft to fly by Mars, launched   

1969  Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61 on this day in history.   

1970  29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland) on February - 24.   

1970  On this day in history conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73   

1971  On this day in history algeria nationalizes French oil companies   

1971  On this day in history captain JJ Smith, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, wins a Bar to his Military Cross The AATTV was the most decorated unit in Australian military history   

1973  Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73 on this day in history.   

1974  Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh on February - 24.   

1975  Nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of USSR (1955-58), dies at 79 on February - 24.   

1976  Cuba adopts its constitution on this day in history.   

1976  Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in New York NY on February - 24.   

1976  On this day in history leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU   

1976  Charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82 on February - 24.   

1977  On February - 24 president Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights   

1979  Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford TX on this day in history.   

1979  War between North & South Yemen begins on this day in history.   

1980  The U.S. hockey team beats Finland 4-2, to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, NY on February - 24.   

1981  Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1501  On this day in history birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)   

1536  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) was born on February - 24.   

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

0616  Death of King Ethelbert of Kent on February - 24.   

1525  On February - 24 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 February - 24.   

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

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 this day in history.