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What happened in history on this day: February 24?
On February 24 in ...
- 1863 - Forrest's raid on Brentwood, Tennessee.
- 1864 - Battle of Tunnel Hill, Georgia (Buzzard's Roost).
- 1899 - Congress changes status of Carson City Mint to assay office.
- 1903 - US signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- 1921 - First US transcontinental flight in 24 hours flying time arrives in Florida.
- 1925 - Thermite explosive first used to break up ice jam, Waddington, New York, USA.
- 1933 - In Stratford, Texas, a bright fireball is seen in the sky, falling as a 4-pound metallic meteorite.
- 1937 - First US group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Washington DC.
- 1938 - Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles.
- 1942 - Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German).
- 1949 - V-2/WAC-Corporal first rocket to outer space, White Sands, New Mexico, 400km.
- 1961 - Explorer 10 fails to reach Earth orbit.
- 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1968 - US troops reconquer Hue, Vietnam.
- 1977 - US President Jimmy Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights.
- 1981 - Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale Diet doctor Tarnower.
- 1982 - 24th Grammy Awards: "Betty Davis Eyes", Double Fantasy win.
- 1983 - A special commission of the Congress of the United States releases a report critical of the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
- 1986 - Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for US$676 million.
- 1987 - 29th Grammy Awards: "Higher Love", Graceland, Bruce Hornsby win.
- 1988 - The Supreme Court of the United States sides with Hustler magazine (voting 8-0) by overturning a lower court decision to award Jerry Falwell US$200,000 for defamation.
- 1989 - United Airlines Flight 811, a Boeing 747 bound to New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking nine passengers and crew out of the first class section.
- 1989 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1991 - US and allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops in Kuwait.
- 1993 - 35th Grammy Awards: "Tears in Heaven" - Eric Clapton wins.
- 1996 - Cuba downs two US planes.
- 1998 - Hustler publisher Larry Flynt is acquitted on charges of defaming Jerry Falwell.
- 2003 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles sells a 1943-D copper Lincoln cent graded MS-64 by PCGS for US$212,750, a record for any small cent.
- 2005 - David Hernandez Arroyo goes on a shooting rampage at the Smith County Courthouse in Tyler, Texas. He kills two, including his ex-wife, and wounds four others before being killed in a police chase.
- 2008 - Electronic Arts video game company makes a hostile bid of US$2 billion for Take-Two.
- 2008 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences holds its 80th Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Some Oscar trophy winners are:
- Best Movie: No Country For Old Men,
- Best Director: No Country For Old Men,
- Best Adapted Screenplay: No Country For Old Men,
- Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men,
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood,
- Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton,
- Best Actress: Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose,
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Counterfeiters,
- Best Animated Film: Ratatouille,
- Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody for Juno,
- Best Original Song: "Falling Slowly" by Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard, in Once.
Births on February 24
- 1909 - Birth of August William Derleth in Sauk City, Wisconsin, USA; writer (Judge Peck Mysteries).
- 1914 - Birth of Zachary Scott in Austin, Texas, USA; actor (Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce).
- 1917 - Birth of William Fairbank in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; physicist (superconductivity).
- 1921 - Birth of Abe Vigoda in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Barney Miller, Fish).
- 1921 - Birth of Douglass Watson in Jackson, Georgia, USA; actor (Satan Murders, Another World).
- 1922 - Birth of Steven Hill in Seattle, Washington, USA; actor (Goddess, Raw Deal, Yentl, Law and Order).
- 1928 - Birth of Al Lettieri in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Deadly Kiss, Pulp, Mr Majestyk, Getaway).
- 1928 - Birth of Michael Harrington in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; socialist/author (Fragments of Century).
- 1929 - Birth of Richard B Shull in Evanston, Illinois, USA; actor (Diana, Holmes and Yo-Yo).
- 1938 - Birth of James Farentino in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Dead and Buried, Final Countdown).
- 1944 - Birth of Sheila Larkin in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Deborah - Storefront Lawyer).
- 1946 - Birth of Barry Bostwick in San Mateo, California, USA; actor (Spin City, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Lexx, Megaforce, Movie Movie, Scruples, Foul Play).
- 1946 - Birth of Jenny O'Hara in Sonora, California, USA; actress (Wishmaster, Facts of Life, My Sister Sam).
- 1947 - Birth of Edward James in Olmos, California, USA; actor (Miami Vice, Stand and Deliver, Triumph).
- 1947 - Birth of Rupert Holmes in Tenafly, New Jersey, USA; singer (Piña Colada song).
- 1952 - Birth of Tom Burleson in USA; basketball (Olympics-silver-1972) tallest Olympian - 7 feet 4 inches.
- 1955 - Birth of Bob Abrams in Ohio, USA; rocker (Buckinghams).
- 1955 - Birth of Steven Paul Jobs; cofounder of Apple Computer, founder of NeXT Computer.
- 1956 - Birth of Eddie Murray in Los Angeles, California, USA; first baseman (Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians).
- 1958 - Birth of Sammy Kershaw in Kaplan, Louisiana, USA; country vocalist (Cadillac Style).
- 1958 - Birth of Susan Scannell in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Nicole - Dynasty).
- 1959 - Birth of Beth Broderick in Falmouth, Kentucky, USA; actress (Aunt Zelda - Sabrina).
- 1961 - Birth of Janice Gibson in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; LPGA golfer (1994 Youngstown-Warren-15th).
- 1968 - Birth of Kendall Cross in Hardin, Montana, USA; 125.5 pounds freestyle wrestler (Olympics-gold-1992, 1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Jonathan Ward in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (Doug - Charles in Charge, Beans Baxter).
- 1972 - Birth of Larry Amar in Camarillo, California, USA; field hockey midfielder/captain (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Patricia Regan Leines in Medford, Oregon, USA; Miss Oregon-America (1996-third).
- 1973 - Birth of James Michael Kennedy in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (For Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys).
- 1974 - Birth of Jeremy Laster in Fullerton, California, USA; water polo driver (Olympics-1996).
- 1977 - Birth of Alexis Jose Grullon in New York City, New York; singer (Menudo-Cannonball).
- 1977 - Birth of Floyd Mayweather in Grand Rapids, Michigan; featherweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1989 - Birth of Kosta Koufos, American-Greek basketball player.
Deaths on February 24
- 1944 - Leo Hendrick A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (Bakelite), dies at age 80.
- 1988 - Irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at age 96.
- 1989 - Death of Sparky Adams, American baseball player (born 1894).
- 1990 - Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), dies in Salem, Massachusetts at age 45 of pneumonia and kidney failure.
- 1991 - George Gobel of Chicago, Illinois, American comedian (George Gobel Show), dies after surgery at age 71 (born 1919).
- 1991 - Webb Pierce, American country singer ("Bye Bye Love"), dies of cancer at age 64.
- 1994 - Dinah Shore, American singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at age 76 (born 1916).
- 1999 - Death of Andre Dubus, American short-story writer (born 1936).
- 1999 - Death of Virginia Foster Durr, American civil rights activist (born 1903).
- 2001 - Death of Claude Elwood Shannon, American mathematician (born 1916).
- 2002 - Death of Leo Ornstein, American composer and pianist (born 1892).
- 2003 - Death of Albert R. Hibbs, retired space scientist with the US Jet Propulsion Laboratory, of complications following heart surgery, at age 78.
- 2004 - Death of John Randolph, American actor (born 1915).
- 2006 - Death of Don Knotts, American actor (born 1924).
- 2006 - Death of Dennis Weaver, American actor (born 1924).
- 2007 - Death of Damien Nash, American football player (born 1982).
- 2007 - Death of Bruce Bennett, American actor (born 1906).
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