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 February - 24 general mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea   

1962  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 24.   

1964  On February - 24 cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for heavyweight boxing championship   

1964  On February - 24 alexander Archipenko, Ukr sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76   

1965  On February - 24 beatles begin filming "Help" in the Bahamas   

1965  East German President Ulbricht visits Egypt on February - 24.   

1966  Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1967  Franz Waxman, German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60 on February - 24.   

1968  A pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) on this day in history.   

1968  Discovery of the first pulsar in space on this day in history.   

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

1968  On February - 24 uS troops reconquer Hue Vietnam   

1969  Mariner 6 launched for Mars fly-by on this day in history.   

1969  Mariner 6, first spacecraft to fly by Mars, launched on February - 24.   

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

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

1970  Conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history algeria nationalizes French oil companies   

1971  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 on February - 24.   

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

1974  Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh on this day in history.   

1975  On February - 24 nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of USSR (1955-58), dies at 79   

1976  Cuba adopts its constitution on this day in history.   

1976  Jules Feiffer's "Knock Knock," premieres in New York NY on this day in history.   

1976  Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU on this day in history.   

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

1977  President Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights on February - 24.   

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

1979  On February - 24 war between North & South Yemen begins   

1980  On this day in history the U.S. hockey team beats Finland 4-2, to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, NY.   

1981  Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer on February - 24.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On February - 24 death of king Ethelbert of Kent   

1525  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629) on this day in history.