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02/24/1933
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Spottiswoode Aitken, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home), dies at 64
Type: Death
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02/24/1934
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Shuko Mizuno, composer
Type: Birth
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02/24/1934
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Bettino Craxi, Italy's 1st socialist premier (1983-87)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1934
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Flemming Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player (Olympic-silver-1960)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1934
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Linda Cristal, Buenos Aires Arg, actress (Victoria-High Chapparal)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1934
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Frank Chapot, US, equestrian (Olympic-silver-1960, 1972)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1934
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Renata Scotto, Savona Italy, soprano (Violetta-La Traviata)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1935
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Renata Scotto, singer
Type: Birth
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02/24/1937
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Jerry Wiggin, British MP
Type: Birth
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02/24/1937
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1st US group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Wash, DC
Type: Event
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02/24/1938
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James Farentino, Bkln NY, actor (Dead and Buried, Final Countdown)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1938
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Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles
Type: Event
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02/24/1938
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Kathleen Richardson, president (Methodist Conference)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1939
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Roy Harris' 3rd Symphony, premieres in Boston
Type: Event
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02/24/1939
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George Bain, principal (London Business School)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1940
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Theo Bosch, Dutch humanist/architect (Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1940
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Denis Law, British(?) soccer player
Type: Birth
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02/24/1940
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Jimmy Ellis, WBA heavyweight boxing champ (1968-70)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1940
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Frances Langford records "When You Wish Upon a Star"
Type: Event
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02/24/1941
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Anti nazi meeting at Noordermarkt Amsterdam
Type: Event
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02/24/1941
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43 Geuzen resistance fighter trial opens in the Hague
Type: Event
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02/24/1941
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Oskar Loerke, German director (Longest Day-1926), dies at 56
Type: Death
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02/24/1942
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Joe Lieberman, (Sen-D Connecticut)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1942
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Paul Jones, England, rocker (Manfried Mann-Mighty Quinn)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1942
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Stuart Henry, British disc jockey
Type: Birth
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02/24/1942
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David K Williamson, Australian screenplay/playwright (Removalists)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1942
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Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German)
Type: Event
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02/24/1943
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Texas League announces it will quit for the duration of WW II
Type: Event
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02/24/1943
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Gen-major Bradley flies to Algiers
Type: Event
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02/24/1944
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Sheila Larkin, Bkln NY, actress (Deborah-Storefront Lawyer)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1944
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Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80
Type: Death
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02/24/1944
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Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist (Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Quicksilver)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1944
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Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war
Type: Event
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02/24/1944
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Barry Bostwick, San Mateo Ca, actor (Rocky Horror Show, Megaforce)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1945
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Nazi occupiers begin state of siege
Type: Event
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02/24/1945
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Manila freed from Japanese
Type: Event
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02/24/1945
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Egypt and Syria declares war on nazi-Germany
Type: Event
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02/24/1945
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Alain Prost, formula-1 racer (1985, 86 champ)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1945
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Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament
Type: Death
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02/24/1946
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Anthony Mayer, chief executive (Housing Corporation)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1946
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Michael Radford, director (1984, White Mischief)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1946
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Juan Peron elected President of Argentina
Type: Event
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02/24/1947
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Rubert Holmes, Tenafly NJ, vocalist (Pi¤a Colada song)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1947
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Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor (Miami Vice, Stand and Deliver, Triumph)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1947
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Lonnie Turner, bassist/vocalist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1948
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Lorri Menconi, playmate (Feb, 1969)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1948
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Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia
Type: Event
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02/24/1948
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Dennis "Minder" Waterman, London England, actor (Fair Exchange)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1948
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Lord Melchett
Type: Birth
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02/24/1949
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John Lever, cricketer (England lefty quick in 21 Tests 1976-81)
Type: Birth
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