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What happened in history on this day: February 24?
On February 24 in ...
- 1803 - US Supreme Court first rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury versus Madison).
- 1839 - Steam shovel patented by William Otis, in Philadelphia.
- 1855 - US Court of Claims established for cases against the government.
- 1863 - The US government creates the Arizona Territory.
- 1863 - Forrest's raid on Brentwood, Tennessee.
- 1864 - Battle of Tunnel Hill, Georgia (Buzzard's Roost).
- 1868 - First US parade with floats (Mardi Gras, in Mobile, Alabama).
- 1868 - US House of Representatives vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson for violation of the Tenure of Office act.
- 1888 - Louisville, Kentucky, becomes first government in US to adopt Australian ballot.
- 1892 - In Imperial Valley, California, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs. At the old Carrizo station in San Diego County, all adobe buildings are destroyed.
- 1899 - Congress changes status of Carson City Mint to assay office.
- 1903 - US signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- 1919 - US President Woodrow Wilson creates American Relief Administration.
- 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 shortwave radio service (propaganda tool) 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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).
- 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, Dynasty, Blue Thunder, Jesus of Nazareth).
- 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).
- 1947 - Birth of Edward James Olmos in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Miami Vice, Stand and Deliver, Triumph, Battlestar Galactica, American Family).
- 1947 - Birth of Rupert Holmes in Tenafly, New Jersey, USA; producer, 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).
Deaths on February 24
- 1829 - Auguste Chouteau, Saint Louis co-founder, dies.
- 1944 - Leo Hendrick A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (Bakelite), dies at age 80.
- 1990 - Death of Johnnie Ray of liver failure at age 63 in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer ("Cry" (1951), "Please Mr. Sun", "The Little White Cloud That Cried", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Just Walking in the Rain").
- 1990 - Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), dies in Salem, Massachusetts at age 45 of pneumonia and kidney failure.
- 1991 - Death of George Gobel after heart surgery at age 71; comedian (George Gobel Show, Hollywood Squares).
- 1991 - Death of Webb Pierce at age 65 of heart failure and pancreatic cancer, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; country singer ("In the Jailhouse Now" (1955), "Love, Love, Love", "I Don't Care", "Bye, Bye Love", Louisiana Hayride radio show, Grand Ole Opry, "There Stands the Glass" (1953)).
- 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).
- 2003 - Death of Albert R. Hibbs, retired space scientist with the US Jet Propulsion Laboratory, of complications following heart surgery, at age 78.
- 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).
- 2020 - Death of Katherine Goble Johnson; American NASA mathematician, recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- 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)).
- 2022 - Death of Charles E. Entenmann at age 92 of heart complications in Hialeah, Florida, USA; entrepreneur (Entenmann's bakery).
- 2023 - Death of Stella Stevens at age 84; American actor (Girls! Girls! Girls! movie, The Nutty Professor movie).
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