Page 9: Historical Events In February - 24

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

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

1982  On February - 24 virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71   

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 this day in history.   

1983  USSR performs underground nuclear test on February - 24.   

1983  Herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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  Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million on February - 24.   

1986  On February - 24 voyager 2, first Uranus fly-by   

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

1987  On this day in history radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack   

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  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  US Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die on this day in history.   

1989  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 24.   

1990  On this day in history 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  On February - 24 "Those Were The Days" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 126 performances   

1991  On this day in history 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 February - 24.   

1992  Kay Loring, dies after long illness on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history 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  Dinah Shore, singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at 76 on February - 24.   

1995  Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74 on this day in history.   

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

1304  On this day in history birth of muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)   

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  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  Death of Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 on this day in history.   

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

1674  Death of Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616) on February - 24.   

1685  On February - 24 death of charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)