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Birthday February 24, 1304 Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab traveler & travel writer |
Birthday February 24, 1463 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian scholar & Platonist |
Birthday February 24, 1500 Emperor Charles V, king of Spain (1516-56) |
Birthday February 24, 1786 Wilhelm Grimm is born |
Birthday February 24, 1786 Wilhelm Karl Grimm, story teller |
Birthday February 24, 1836 Winslow Homer, painter |
Birthday February 24, 1874 Honus Wagner, HOF shortstop for Pittsburgh Pirates (1900-17) |
Birthday February 24, 1885 Admiral Chester Nimitz, in charge of Pacific Fleet in WWII |
Birthday February 24, 1890 Marjorie Main |
Birthday February 24, 1921 Abe Vigoda, Actor (Fish on Barney Miller) |
Birthday February 24, 1930 Barbara Lawrence |
Birthday February 24, 1934 Bettino Craxi, Italy's 1st Socialist premier |
Birthday February 24, 1938 James Farentino, Actor |
Birthday February 24, 1944 Sheila Larkin, in NYC |
Birthday February 24, 1955 Steven Jobs, Apple co-founder |
Birthday February 24, 1955 French Formula One champ born |
Birthday February 24, 1957 Phil McConkey, NY Giant wide receiver |
History February 24, 1803 Marbury v. Madison establishes judicial review |
History February 24, 1836 Travis sends for help at the Alamo |
History February 24, 1840 Adams begins arguments in the Amistad case |
History February 24, 1864 Battle of Dalton, Georgia, begins |
History February 24, 1868 President Andrew Johnson impeached |
History February 24, 1917 British troops recapture Kut in Mesopotamia |
History February 24, 1917 Zimmermann Note presented to U.S. ambassador |
History February 24, 1938 Variety announces big news about The Wizard of Oz |
History February 24, 1944 Merrill's Marauders hit Burma |
History February 24, 1946 Peron elected in Argentina |
History February 24, 1968 Tet offensive halted |
History February 24, 1968 Hue recaptured |
History February 24, 1969 Airman wins Medal of Honor for action on this day |
History February 24, 1981 Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale Diet doctor |
History February 24, 1982 Reagan announces Caribbean Basin Initiative |
History February 24, 1982 The Great One scores 77th goal |
History February 24, 1988 Supreme Court defends right to satirize public figures |
History February 24, 1991 Gulf War ground offensive begins |
History February 24, 1999 Avalanche buries homes in Austria |
History February 24, 2004 Grey Tuesday brings mashups to the mainstream |