Page 9: Historical Events In February - 24

1981  Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower on February - 24.   

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 February - 24.   

1983  On February - 24 a U.S. congressional report condemns the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII.   

1983  Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for first time on February - 24.   

1983  USSR performs underground nuclear test on this day in history.   

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

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

1984  Uwe Johnson, writer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1985  Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal on this day in history.   

1985  Yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King & I" on February - 24.   

1986  Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history voyager 2, first Uranus fly-by   

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  South African apartheid regime bans the UDF on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1989  Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife on this day in history.   

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  Publisher Malcolm Forbes dies in Far Hills, NJ, at age 70 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61   

1991  "Those Were The Days" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 126 performances on February - 24.   

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 February - 24.   

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

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

1993  On February - 24 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 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 February - 24.   

1304  On this day in history birth of ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ?   

1463  On this day in history birth of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist   

1500  Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor was born on this day in history.   

1501  Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna) was born on February - 24.   

1536  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) was born on this day in history.   

1545  Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

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

1525  On this day in history 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  On February - 24 death of johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist   

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 this day in history death of charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)