Birthdates Which Occur on February 24:
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)/Holy Roman Emperor
1501 Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius] German writer (Suzanna)
1536 Clement VIII [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605)
1547 Jan of Austria Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland
1557 Matthias Vienna, Holy Roman emperor (1612-19)
1595 Matthias C Sarbiewski [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet
1619 Charles Le Brun Paris, painter, designer (Chancellor S‚guier)
1697 Bernard S Albinus [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist
1704 Hubert Renotte composer
1717 Bernhard Hupfeld composer
1750 Mikl¢s R‚vai Hungarian linguistic/poet
1766 Samuel Wesley Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo)
1771 Johann Baptist Cramer German/British pianist/composer/publisher
1786 Wilhelm Karl Grimm story teller (Grimm's Fairy Tales)
1797 Samuel Lover composer
1809 Albert Sch„ffle German sociologist (Abriss der Soziologie)
and Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel governor/viceroy (Elzas-Lutherian)
1811 Daniel A Payne Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church
and 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
1831 Georg Leo earl von Caprivi German chancellor/premier of Prussia
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
1842 Arrigio Enrico Boito composer
1843 Thephilo Braga Portuguese poet/writer/politician
1846 Luigi Denza composer
1848 C Grant B Allen Canadian writer (Woman Who Did)
and Johanna C P Barbiers actress (Voddenraper of Paris)
1852 George Moore Ireland, novelist (Esther Waters)
1854 Franz Courtens Flemish painter (Golden Rain)
1860 Daniel Berkeley Updike printer/publisher/writer (Printing Types)
1872 John Jarvis England, swimmer (won 108 titles)
1874 Honus Wagner HOF shortstop (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900-17)
1876 Jean Poveigh composer
and Victor Moore Hammonton NJ, comedian (Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch)
1877 Rudolf Ganz composer
1879 Herman Teirlinck Belgian writer (Sun)
1885 Bert Lytell NYC, actor (Henry-One Man's Family)
and Chester Nimitz US admiral (commanded Pacific fleet in WW II)
and Joseph Sprinzak Speaker of Israeli Knesset (1949-59)
and Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski Polish novelist/satirist (Black Wings)
1890 Antonio Massana composer
and Marjorie Main [Tomlinson], Action Ind, actress (Another Thin Man)
1898 Kurt Tank German WW II aircraft designer
1899 Jacob Presser Dutch historian/writer (Down-fall)
19-- Dorothy Parke Toronto Canada, actress (Amanda-Hot Shots)
and James Sloyan Indianapolis Ind, actor (Oh Madeline)
and Jenny O'Hara Sonora Calif, actress (Facts of Life, My Sister Sam)
and Joan Diener Cleve Oh, actress (54th Street Revue)
and Melinda Naud NYC, actress (Operation Petticoat)
and Sharon Kane XXX actress (Call Girls, Adultery, Babylon Blue)
1905 Guillaume Landre composer
1906 Alexis Curvers Belgian author (Pace di Rome, Bourg-le-Round)
1909 August William Derleth Sauk City Wisc, writer (Judge Peck Mysteries)
and Max Black Dutch/British/US philosopher (analytical philosophy)
1911 Konrad Lechner composer
1912 Julius Kowalski composer
1914 Zachary Scott Austin Tx, actor (Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce)
1917 William Fairbank Minneapolis, superconductivity physicist
1921 Abe Vigoda NYC, actor (Barney Miller, Fish)
and Douglass Watson Jackson GA, actor (Satan Murders, Another World)
and Ingvar Lidholm composer
1922 Steven Hill Seattle Wash, actor (Goddess, Raw Deal, Yentl)
1928 Al Lettieri NYC, actor (Deadly Kiss, Pulp, Mr Majestyk, Getaway)
and Michael Harrington St Louis, socialist/author (Fragments of Century)
and Paul B Elvstr”m Denmark, yachter (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56, 60)
1929 Richard B Shull Evanston Ill, actor (Diana, Holmes & Yoyo)
1930 Barbara Lawrence Carnegie OK, actress (Joe Dakota)
1931 L V Vorobyov cosmonaut
and Marta Marzotto Italy, countess
1932 Andrew Jacobs Jr (Rep-D-IN, 1965-73, 75- )
and John Vernon Canada, actor (Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry)
and Michel Legrand composer (Summer of '42, Windmills of Your Mind)
1934 Bettino Craxi Italy's 1st socialist premier (1983-87)
and Flemming Nielsen Denmark, soccer player (Olympic-silver-1960)
and Frank Chapot US, equestrian (Olympic-silver-1960, 1972)
and Linda Cristal Buenos Aires Arg, actress (Victoria-High Chapparal)
and Renata Scotto Savona Italy, soprano (Violetta-La Traviata)
and Shuko Mizuno composer
1938 James Farentino Bkln NY, actor (Dead & Buried, Final Countdown)
1940 Jimmy Ellis WBA heavyweight boxing champ (1968-70)
and Theo Bosch Dutch humanist/architect (Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam)
1942 Joe Lieberman (Sen-D Connecticut)
and Paul Jones England, rocker (Manfried Mann-Mighty Quinn)
1944 Barry Bostwick San Mateo Ca, actor (Rocky Horror Show, Megaforce)
and Nicky Hopkins rock pianist (Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Quicksilver)
and Sheila Larkin Bkln NY, actress (Deborah-Storefront Lawyer)
1945 Alain Prost formula-1 racer (1985, 86 champ)
1946 Michael Radford director (1984, White Mischief)
1947 Edward James Olmos Cal, actor (Miami Vice, Stand & Deliver, Triumph)
and Lonnie Turner bassist/vocalist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra)
and Rubert Holmes Tenafly NJ, vocalist (Pi¤a Colada song)
1948 Dennis "Minder" Waterman London England, actor (Fair Exchange)
and Lorri Menconi playmate (Feb, 1969)
1951 Helen Shaver Ontario Canada, actress (WIOU, Praise of Older Women)
1952 Tom Burleson USA, basketball (Oly-silv-1972) tallest Olympian-7'4"
1955 Bob Abrams Oho, rocker (Buckinghams)
and Steven Jobs co-founder (Apple Computer)
1956 Eddie Murray 1st baseman (Balt Orioles)
and Paula Zahn Napperville Ill, news anchor (ABC, CBS This Morning)
1957 Phil McConkey NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
1958 Sammy Kershaw Kaplan LA, country vocalist (Cadillac Style)
and Susan Scannell Lexington Mass, actress (Nicole-Dynasty)
1961 Persijn "Dakota" Joling Dutch rock guitarist/singer (Pilgrims-Red)
and Ruud Really soccer player (Feyenoord)
1962 Teri Weigel Ft Lauderdale, playmate (Apr, 1986)/XXX (Wicked Star)
1966 Billy Zane actor (Orlando, Memphis Belle, Millions)
1968 John Velddman soccer player (Sparta)
1970 Jonathan Ward Balt Md, actor (Doug-Charles in Charge, Beans Baxter)
1972 Manon Rheaume Lac Beauport Quebec, 1st female NHLer (Tampa Bay)
1973 James Michael Kennedy Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys)
1977 Alexis Jose Grullon NYC, vocalist (Menudo-Cannonball)
Deaths Which Occured February 24:
1563 Fran‡ois Guise French general strategist/duke, dies in battle at 44
1624 Vicente Espinel Spanish writer (Escudero Marcos de Obr‚gon), dies
1642 Marco da Gagliano Italian opera composer, dies at about 66
1666 Nicholas Lanier composer, dies at 77
1692 Antimo Liberati composer, dies at 74
1697 Bernard S Albinus [Weiss], German surgeon, dies
1704 Marc-Antoine Charpentier French composer (church music), dies
1735 Georg Friedrich Kauffman composer, dies at 56
1784 Anton Laube composer, dies at 65
1785 Carlo Bonaparte Corsican attorney, dies at 39
1799 Georg C Lichtenberg German physicist/writer, dies at 56
1806 John Nieuwenhuijzen theologist (Society of Bearing), dies at 81
1829 Auguste Chouteau St Louis co-founder, dies
1836 D niel Berzsenyi Hungarian poet, dies
1848 Frans van Campenhout Belg singer/composer (Braban‡onne), dies at 69
1862 Bernard S Ingemann Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72
1871 Th‚odore Caruelle d'Aligny French painter/etcher, dies at 73
1874 Anselmo Clave composer, dies at 49
1876 John Pieter Heije physician/writer/poet, dies at 67
1895 Ignaz Lachner composer, dies at 87
1907 Otto Goldschmidt composer, dies at 77
1908 Anatol' Vakhnyanyn composer, dies at 66
1919 Josephine McGill composer, dies at 41
1922 Dmitri B Sjostakovitsj father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies
1924 Edmond Picard Fren/Belg writer (Ambidextre journalist), dies at 87
1929 Andre Messager composer, dies at 75
1930 Jacobus van Looy writer/painter, dies
1933 Spottiswoode Aitken actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home), dies at 64
1944 Leo HA Baekeland Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80
1945 Ahmed Maher Pasha Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament
1953 Karl R G von Rundstedt German gen-fieldmarshal (Ardennen), dies
1960 Jean Binet composer, dies at 66
1964 Alexander Archipenko Ukraine sculptor/water colors painter, dies
Frank Conroy actor (Midnight Mary, Threat), dies at 73
1967 Franz Waxman composer, dies at 60
1969 Kenneth Green actor, dies of heart attack at 61
1970 Conrad Nagel actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73
1973 Art Smith actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73
1975 Nikolai A Bulganin marshal/premier of USSR (1955-58), dies at 79
1976 Charles Wilfred Orr composer, dies at 82
H Allen Smith TV host (Armchair Detective), dies at 68
Julian Rivero actor (Via Pony Express), dies at 85
1982 Virginia Bruce actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 72
1983 Herbert Norman Howells composer, dies at 90
Tennessee Williams US playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 71
1988 Irwan Chanin US theater builder, dies at 96
1990 Johnnie Ray singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61
Malcolm Forbes CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies at 70 of a heart attack
Sandro Pertini president Italy, dies
Tony Conigliaro Red Sox, dies in Salem, Mass, at 45 of kidney failure
1991 George Gobel comedian (I Married a Woman, Ellie), dies at 71
Jean Rogers actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at 74
Marcella Markham dies of breast cancer at 68
Webb Pierce country singer (Bye Bye Love), dies of cancer at 69
1992 Kay Loring dies after long illness^
1993 Bobby Moore captain English soccer team (World champs 1966), dies
1994 Dinah Shore singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at 76
Holidays Which Occur February 24:
Cuba Baire Uprising (2nd war for independence)
Estonia National Day (1920)/Independence day (1918)
Ghana Liberation Day (1966)
Indiana Vincennes Day-George Clark's defeat of British (1779)
M‚xico Independence Day
Religious Observances on February 24:
Ang, Luth, RC Comm of St Matthias the Apostle (nonleap years)
Things to Remember for February 24:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
22 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
24 Days Astrological sign: Pisces
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
Highlights in History Which Occur February 24:
1296 Pope Boniface VIII degree Clericis Iaicos
1389 Battle at Falk'ping: Denen beats King Albert of Sweden
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
1582 Pope Gregory XIII approves results of his calendar reform commission
1708 Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Groningen
1711 Handel's opera "Rinaldo" premieres, London
1779 George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British
1793 French troops conquer Breda
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 formed for cases against govt
1857 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt
and LA Vineyard Society organized
1863 Arizona Territory created
and 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
and 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 govt in US to adopt Australian ballot
1894 Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)
1895 Cuban war of independence begins
1902 Battle at Yzer Spruit: Boer general De la Rey beats British
1905 Simplon tunnel in Switzerland opens
1917 German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram)
and Russian revolution breaks out (3/8 NS)
1918 Estonia declares independence from Russia
1920 NSDAP begins at Hofbr„uhaus Mnich
and 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
and 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
and Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles
and Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1483 Hakoila, #1551 Argelander,
#1552 Bessel, #2678 Aavasaksa, #2690 Ristiina, #3272 & #3281
1941 43 Geuzen resistance fighter trial opens in the Hague
and Anti nazi meeting at Noordermarkt Amsterdam
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
and 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 govt of 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
and East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt
1966 Coup ousts Pres Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
1968 Discovery of first pulsar announced
and Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games
and Jocelyn Bell discovers 1st pulsar
and US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam
1969 Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby
1970 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)
and Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records
and KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
1971 Algeria nationalizes French oil fields
1974 Atje Cologne-Deelstra becomes world champ all-round skater
and Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh
1976 Cuba adopts its constitution
and Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU
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
and War between North & South Yemen begins
1980 Rangers scored 5 power-play goals against Islanders
and USA Olympic hockey team beats Finland (4-2) & wins gold medal
1981 Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak
and Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower
1982 John Lennon & Yoko Ono's "Double Fantasy" wins Grammy
and Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92
1984 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3679
and Iraq resumes air attack on Iran
1985 Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal
and 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 South African apartheid regime bans the UDF
and 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
and US Boeing 747 lost over Ocean, 9 die
1991 End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft
and US & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops
1970 29 Swiss Army officers killed when stone barracks is swept 200
feet off foundations by avalanche. (Reckingen, Switzerland)
Your Special Reminders for February 24:
1873 -1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1985 75øF highest temperature for February in NYC
and 55th day of the year with 310 days left (Numerology = 8)
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