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What happened in history on this day: February 24?
On February 24 in ...
- 1980 - NBC premieres the TV movie Harper Valley P.T.A..
- 1982 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 24th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Kim Carnes for "Bette Davis Eyes";
Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: The Manhattan Transfer for "Boy From New York City";
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Larry Carlton and Mike Post for "The Theme From Hill Street Blues";
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female: Pat Benatar for "Fire And Ice";
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male: Rick Springfield for "Jessie's Girl";
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: The Police for "Don't Stand So Close To Me";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Dolly Parton for "9 To 5";
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: The Oak Ridge Boys for "Elvira".
- 1987 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 29th Annual Grammy Awards.
Record of the Year: Steve Winwood for "Higher Love";
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder for "That's What Friends Are For";
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male: Robert Palmer for "Addicted To Love";
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: The Eurythmics for "Missionary Man";
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: James Brown for "Living In America";
Best Rhythm and Blues Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Prince and The Revolution for "Kiss".
- 1993 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 35th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Eric Clapton for "Tears In Heaven";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: k.d. lang for "Constant Craving";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Eric Clapton for "Tears In Heaven";
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: U2 for "Achtung Baby";
Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal: Red Hot Chili Peppers for "Give It Away";
Best Rap Solo Performance: Sir Mix-A-Lot for "Baby Got Back".
- 1999 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 41st Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Celine Dion for "My Heart Will Go On";
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Eric Clapton for "My Father's Eyes";
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: The Brian Setzer Orchestra for "Jump Jive An' Wail";
Best Dance Recording: Madonna for "Ray Of Light";
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance: Alanis Morissette for "Uninvited";
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance: Lenny Kravitz for "Fly Away";
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Aerosmith for "Pink";
Best Rap Solo Performance: Will Smith for "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It".
- 2000 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Santana Featuring Rob Thomas for "Smooth";
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Sarah McLachlan for "I Will Remember You";
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Sting for "Brand New Day";
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals: Santana Featuring Rob Thomas for "Smooth";
Best Dance Recording: Cher for "Believe";
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance: Sheryl Crow for "Sweet Child O' Mine";
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance: Lenny Kravitz for "American Woman";
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Santana Featuring Everlast for "Put Your Lights On".
- 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
- 1876 - Birth of Victor Moore in Hammonton, New Jersey, USA; comedian (Ziegfeld Follies, Seven Year Itch).
- 1885 - Birth of Bert Lytell in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Henry - One Man's Family).
- 1890 - Birth of Marjorie Main [Tomlinson] in Action, Indiana, USA; actress (Another Thin Man).
- 1914 - Birth of Zachary Scott in Austin, Texas, USA; actor (Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce).
- 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).
- 1929 - Birth of Richard B Shull in Evanston, Illinois, USA; actor (Diana, Holmes and Yo-Yo).
- 1930 - Birth of Barbara Lawrence in Carnegie, Oklahoma, USA; actress (Joe Dakota).
- 1931 - Birth of Dominic Chianese; actor (The Sopranos).
- 1932 - Birth of John Vernon in Zehner, Saskatchewan, Canada; actor (Wojek TV show, Delta House, Matrix, Acapulco HEAT, Batman, Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry).
- 1932 - Birth of Michel Legrand; movie composer (Summer of '42, Windmills of Your Mind).
- 1933 - Spottiswoode Aitken, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home), dies at age 64.
- 1934 - Birth of Linda Cristal in Buenos Aires, Argentina; actress (Victoria - High Chapparal).
- 1938 - Birth of James Farentino in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Dead and Buried, Final Countdown, Dynasty, Blue Thunder, Jesus of Nazareth).
- 1942 - Birth of David K Williamson; Australian screenplay/playwright (Removalists).
- 1942 - Birth of Jenny O'Hara; actress (King of Queens, Big Love, Facts of Life).
- 1943 - Birth of George Harrison in Liverpool, England; rocker ("My Sweet Lord", Beatles - "Something", Traveling Wilburys - "End of the Line"), actor (A Hard Day's Night, Yellow Submarine).
- 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, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit).
- 1946 - Birth of Jenny O'Hara in Sonora, California, USA; actress (Wishmaster, Facts of Life, My Sister Sam).
- 1946 - Birth of Michael Radford; director (1984, White Mischief).
- 1947 - Birth of Edward James Olmos in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Miami Vice, Stand and Deliver, Triumph, Battlestar Galactica, American Family).
- 1948 - Birth of Dennis "Minder" Waterman in London, England; actor (Fair Exchange).
- 1951 - Birth of Helen Shaver in Ontario, Canada; actress (WIOU, Praise of Older Women, The Education of Max Bickford).
- 1951 - Birth of Debra Jo Rupp; actress (That '70s Show).
- 1956 - Birth of Paula Zahn; news correspondent (CBS, CNN).
- 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).
- 1966 - Birth of Billy Zane; actor (Orlando, Memphis Belle, Millions, Titanic, Charmed, Boston Public, Twin Peaks).
- 1970 - Birth of Jonathan Ward in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (Doug - Charles in Charge, Beans Baxter).
- 1974 - Birth of Bonnie Somerville; actress (NYPD Blue, Grosse Pointe).
Deaths on February 24
- 1941 - Oskar Loerke, German film director (The Longest Day - 1926), dies at age 56.
- 1964 - Frank Conroy, actor (Midnight Mary, Threat), dies at age 73.
- 1969 - Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at age 61.
- 1970 - Death of Conrad Nagel at age 73; host (The Silver Theatre on radio and TV, Hollywood Preview, The Conrad Nagle Theatre), actor (Studio One, Kraft TV Theatre, The Defenders, Route 66, Celebrity Time).
- 1973 - Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at age 73.
- 1976 - H Allen Smith, TV host (Armchair Detective), dies at age 68.
- 1976 - Julian Rivero, actor (Via Pony Express), dies at age 85.
- 1982 - Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at age 71.
- 1991 - Death of George Gobel after heart surgery at age 71; comedian (George Gobel Show, Hollywood Squares).
- 1991 - Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at age 74.
- 1991 - Death of John Charles Daly, South African-born journalist and game show host (born 1914).
- 1994 - Death of Dinah Shore AKA Frances Rose Shore of ovarian cancer at age 77; singer (80 charted hits in the 1940s and 1950s, four decades in television, Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV show, Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street radio show, The Eddie Cantor Show radio show, nine Emmy awards, one Peabody Award, one Golden Globe award).
- 1997 - Death of Isabelle Harriet Lucas at age 69; actress/singer (Outland, Comics).
- 1998 - Death of Henny Youngman at age 92 from pneumonia; comedian (Ed Sullivan Show, Hollywood Palace, Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, Tonight Show).
- 2004 - Death of John Randolph at age 88; American actor (Angie, Roseanne).
- 2006 - Death of Dennis Weaver at age 81 of complications from cancer in Ridgway, Colorado, USA; actor (Chester - Gunsmoke TV show, McCloud TV show, Emerald Point NAS TV show, Lonesome Dove: The Series TV show, Pearl, Centennial, Stone, Wildfire).
- 2007 - Death of Bruce Bennett at age 97 of complications from a broken hip; actor (Perry Mason TV show, Science Fiction Theatre TV show, Virginian TV show, Tales of Wells Fargo TV show, Ford Television Theatre TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Sally Kellerman at age 84 of heart failure in Woodland Hills, California, USA; actor (Major Margaret Houlihan - M*A*S*H movie (1970)).
- 2023 - Death of Stella Stevens at age 84; American actor (Girls! Girls! Girls! movie, The Nutty Professor movie).
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