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1304 Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa) 1463 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist 1500 Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56) 1536 Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) 1545 Don John, of Austria the elder, Austrian general 1547 Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland 1557 Matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor (1612-19) 1619 Charles Le Brun, Paris, painter, designer (Chancellor Sguier) 1697 Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist 1766 Samuel Wesley, Bristol, England, composer, organist (Exultate Deo) 1786 Wilhelm Karl Grimm, story teller (Grimm's Fairy Tales) 1809 Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy (Elzas-Lutherian) 1811 Daniel A Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church 1811 Edward Dickinson Baker, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1861 1824 John Crawford Vaughn, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 1827 Charles Davis Jameson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 1833 Eduard earl von Taaffe, Austrian premier (1868..93) 1836 Winslow Homer, US, painter (Gulfstream) 1838 Thomas Benton Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1923 1843 Thephilo Braga, Portugese poet/writer/politician 1848 C Grant B Allen, Canadian writer (Woman Who Did) 1852 George Moore, Ireland, novelist (Esther Waters) 1860 Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer (Printing Types) 1872 John Jarvis, England, swimmer (won 108 titles) 1874 Honus Wagner, HOF shortstop for Pittsburgh Pirates (1900-17) 1879 Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Sun) 1885 Bert Lytell, NYC, actor (Henry-One Man's Family) 1885 Chester Nimitz, US admiral (commanded Pacific fleet in WW II) 1885 Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israeli Knesset (1949-59) 1885 Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist/satirist (Black Wings) 1890 Marjorie Main, [Tomlinson], Action Ind, actress (Another Thin Man) 1898 Kurt Tank, German WW II aircraft designer 1899 Jacob Presser, historian/writer (Under Gang) 19-- Dorothy Parke, Toronto Canada, actress (Amanda-Hot Shots) 19-- James Sloyan, Indianapolis Ind, actor (Oh Madeline) 19-- Jenny O'Hara, Sonora Calif, actress (Facts of Life, My Sister Sam) 19-- Joan Diener, Cleve Oh, actress (54th Street Revue) 19-- Melinda Naud, NYC, actress (Operation Petticoat) 1909 August William Derleth, Sauk City Wisc, writer (Judge Peck Mysteries) 1909 Max Zwart, British/Americans philosopher (analytical philosophy) 1914 Zachary Scott, Austin Tx, actor (Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce) 1917 William Fairbank, Minneapolis, superconductivity physicist 1921 Abe Vigoda, NYC, actor (Barney Miller, Fish) 1922 Steven Hill, Seattle Wash, actor (Goddess, Raw Deal, Yentl) 1924 Douglass Watson, Jackson Ga, actor (Another World) 1928 Michael Harrington, St Louis, socialist/author (Fragments of Century) 1928 Paul B Elvstrm, Denmark, yachter (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56, 60) 1929 Richard B Shull, Evanston Ill, actor (Diana, Holmes & Yoyo) 1930 Barbara Lawrence, actress (Joe Dakota) 1932 Andrew Jacobs Jr, (Rep-D-IN, 1965-73, 75- ) 1932 John Vernon, Canada, actor (Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry) 1932 Michel Legrand, musician (Summer of '42, Windmills of Your Mind) 1934 Bettino Craxi, Italy's 1st Socialist premier 1934 Flemming Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player (Olympic-silver-1960) 1934 Frank Chapot, US, equestrian (Olympic-silver-1960, 1972) 1934 Linda Cristal, Buenos Aires Arg, actress (Victoria-High Chapparal) 1934 Renata Scotto, Savona Italy, soprano (Violetta-La Traviata) 1938 James Farentino, Bkln NY, actor (Dead & Buried, Final Countdown) 1940 Jimmy Ellis, WBA heavyweight boxing champ (1968-70) 1942 Joe Lieberman, (Sen-D Connecticut) 1942 Paul Jones, rocker (Manfried Mann-Mighty Quinn) 1944 Barry Bostwick, San Mateo Ca, actor (Rocky Horror Show, Megaforce) 1944 Nicky Hopkins, rocker (Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Jeff Beck, Quicksilver) 1944 Sheila Larkin, Bkln NY, actress (Deborah-Storefront Lawyer) 1945 Alain Prost, formula-1 racer (1985, 86 champ) 1947 Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor (Miami Vice, Stand & Deliver, Triumph) 1947 Lonnie Turner, bassist/vocalist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra) 1947 Rupert Holmes, Tenafly NJ, singer (Pina Colda song) multiple Tony award winning playwright 1948 Dennis "Minder" Waterman, London England, actor (Fair Exchange) 1951 Helen Shaver, Ontario Canada, actress (WIOU, Praise of Older Women) 1952 Tom Burleson, USA, basketball (Oly-silv-1972) tallest Olympian-7'4" 1955 Steven Jobs, co-founder (Apple Computer) 1956 Eddie Murray, 1st baseman (Balt Orioles) 1956 Paula Zahn, Napperville Ill, news anchor (ABC, CBS This Morning) 1957 Phil McConkey, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants) 1958 Susan Scannell, Lexington Mass, actress (Nicole-Dynasty) 1962 Teri Weigel, Ft Lauderdale Fla, porn star/playmate (Apr, 1986) 1970 Jonathan Ward, Balt Md, actor (Doug-Charles in Charge, Beans Baxter) 1973 James Michael Kennedy, Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys) 1977 Alexis Jose Grullon, NYC, singer (Menudo-Cannonball) Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 241563 Franois Guise, French general strategist/duke, dies in battle at 44 1624 Vicente Espinel, Spanish writer (Escudero Marcos de Obrgon), dies 1697 Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon, dies 1704 Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies 1785 Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39 1829 Auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies 1836 D niel Berzsenyi, Hungarians poet, dies 1924 Edmond Picard, Fren/Belg writer (Ambidextre journalist), dies at 87 1930 Jacobus van Looy, writer/painter, dies 1945 Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament 1953 Karl R G von Rundstedt, German gen-field marshal (Ardennen), dies 1964 Alexander Archipenko, Ukraine sculptor/water colors painter, dies 1970 Conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73 1976 H Allen Smith, TV host (Armchair Detective), dies at 68 1982 Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 72 1983 Tennessee Williams, US playwright (Cat on a hot tin roof), dies at 71 1990 Johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61 1990 Malcolm Forbes, CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies at 70 of a heart attack 1990 Sandro Pertini, president Italy, dies 1990 Tony Conigliaro, Red Sox, dies in Salem, Mass, at 45 of kidney failure 1991 George Gobels, comedian, dies 1991 Webb Pierce, US country singer (Bye bye love), dies 1993 Bobby Moore, captain English soccer team (World champs 1966), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 24[Cuba] Baire Uprising [Estonia] National Day (1920) [Ghana] Liberation Day (1966) [Indiana] Vincennes Day-George Clark's defeat of British (1779) [Mxico] Independence Day [World] Brotherhood Day (1934) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 24[Ang, Luth, RC] Comm of St Matthias the Apostle (nonleap years) 1993 [Christian] Ash Wednesday 1994 [Jewish] Fast of Esther (Adar 13, 5754 AM) 1998 [Christian] Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) 1999 [Ang, RC] Ember Day Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 24 Bis-sexto calendas Martius, in leap years; a d vj Kal Mar [?] Bis-sexto calendas Martius (in leap years) [Ancient Rome] Regifugium; a d vj Kal Mar 1296 Pope Boniface VIII degree Clericis Iaicos 1496 England's Henry VII ends commercial dispute with Flanders 1525 Imperial forces defeat French in battle of Pavia 1528 John Z polya, Hungarian king, recognizes Sultan Suleiman's suzerai 1530 1st imperial coronation by a pope-Charles V crowned by Clement V 1541 Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia (or 2/12) 1552 Privileges of Hanseatic League in England are abrogated 1581 Pope Gregory approves results of his calendar reform commission 1711 Handel's opera "Rinaldo" premiers, London 1711 Opera "Rinaldo" is produced (London) 1779 George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British 1803 Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison) 1821 Mexico gains independence from Spain 1836 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days 1839 Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia 1848 King Louis-Philippe abdicates, 2nd French republic declared 1855 US Court of Claims established for cases against govt 1857 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt 1857 LA Vineyard Society organized 1863 Arizona Territory created 1863 Forrest's raid on Brentwood, Tennessee 1864 -Feb 25th) Battle of Tunnel Hill, GA (Buzzard's Roost) 1868 1st US parade with floats, Mobile, Alabama 1868 House of Reps vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson 1881 De Lesseps' Co begins work on Panama Canal 1888 Louisville, Ky becomes 1st gov't in US to adopt Australian ballot 1894 Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of) 1895 Cuban war of independence begins 1905 Simplon tunnel in Switzerland opens 1917 German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram) 1917 Russian revolution breaks out (3/8 NS) 1918 Estonia declares independence from Russia 1920 NSDAP begins at Hofbruhaus Mnich 1920 Peace treaty gives Estonia independence 1921 1st transcontinental flight in 24 hrs flying time arrives Florida 1923 Mass arrests in US of mafia 1924 Greek parliament proclaims republic 1924 Mahatma Gandhi let out of jail 1925 Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, NY 1928 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #3227 Hasegawa 1933 League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria 1937 1st US group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Wash, DC 1938 A Bohrmann discovers asteroids #1998 Titius & #2665 1938 Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles 1942 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German) 1944 Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war 1945 Egypt & Syria declares war on nazi-Germany 1945 Manila freed from Japanese 1946 Juan Peron elected president of Argentina 1948 Communist coup in Czechoslovakia 1949 V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands, NM, 400 km 1950 Labour wins British parliamentary election 1955 Pact of Baghdad between Iraq & Turkey signed 1960 Italian cabinet-Segni falls 1961 Explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit 1962 General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea 1964 Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for heavyweight championship 1965 Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas 1966 Coup ousts Pres Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana 1968 Discovery of first pulsar announced 1968 Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games 1968 Jocelyn Bell discovers 1st pulsar 1968 US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam 1969 Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby 1970 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland) 1970 Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records 1970 KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting 1974 Pakistan offically recognizes Bangladesh 1976 Cuba adopts its constitution 1977 Pres Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights 1978 Kevin Porter, NJ, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a game 1979 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas 1979 War between North & South Yemen begins 1980 Rangers scored 5 power-play goals against Islanders 1980 USA Olympic hockey team beats Finland (4-2) & wins gold medal 1981 Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak 1981 Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower 1982 John Lennon & Yoko Ono's "Double Fantasy" wins Grammy 1982 Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92 1984 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3679 1985 Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal 1985 Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yds 1986 Voyager 2, 1st Uranus flyby 1987 Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack 1988 Supreme Ct votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody 1989 Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife 1989 US Boeing 747 lost opver Ocean, 9 die 1991 End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft 1991 US & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 2455th day of the year with 310 days left (Numerology = 8) 1873 -1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1985 75øF highest temperature for February in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 2402/24/50 --- Daddy's Little Girl --- Mills Brothers 02/24/54 --- Wanted --- Como, Perry 02/24/54 --- Answer Me, My Love --- Cole, Nat King 02/24/58 --- Sweet Little Sixteen --- Berry, Chuck 02/24/58 --- Good Golly Miss Molly --- Little Richard 02/24/58 --- Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again --- Rodgers, Jimmie 02/24/58 --- Are You Sincere --- Williams, Andy 02/24/62 --- What's Your Name --- Don & Juan 02/24/62 --- Don't Break The Heart That Loves You --- Francis, Connie 02/24/68 --- Sunshine Of Your Love --- Cream 02/24/68 --- La - La - Means I Love You --- Delfonics 02/24/68 --- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition) --- Rogers, Kenny 02/24/73 --- Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) --- Four Tops 02/24/79 --- Stumblin' In --- Quatro, Suzie 02/24/79 --- Knock On Wood --- Stewart, Amii 02/24/90 --- Whole Wide World (From True Love) --- Lorain, A'me 02/24/90 --- Forever --- Kiss 02/24/90 --- I'll Be Your Everything --- Page, Tommy 02/24/90 --- All Around The World --- Stansfield, Lisa |
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