426 Historic Events for February 24
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| 1925 |
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Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, NY
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Reginald Freeson, British MP
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| 1926 |
Death |
Eddie Plank, pitcher (won 327 games in 17 years), dies at 51
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| 1927 |
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John Golden Theater (Theatre Masque) opens at 252 W 45th St NYC
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| 1927 |
Birth |
David Mourao-Ferreira, poet/politician
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Al Lettieri, NYC, actor (Deadly Kiss, Pulp, Mr Majestyk, Getaway)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Michael Harrington, St Louis, socialist/author (Fragments of Century)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Paul B Elvstr”m, Denmark, yachter (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56, 60)
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| 1929 |
Death |
Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer, dies at 75
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Richard B Shull, Evanston Ill, actor (Diana, Holmes and Yoyo)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland
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| 1930 |
Death |
Jacobus van Looy, Dutch writer/painter (Night Cactus), dies at 74
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Barbara Lawrence, Carnegie OK, actress (Joe Dakota)
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Inge Bernstein, British judge
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Marta Marzotto, Italy, countess
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher Rinzai/Soto lines of Zen Buddhism
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Lev Vasilyevich Vorobyov, Russia, cosmonaut
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Brian Close, cricketer (played for England between 1949 and 1976)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Michel Legrand, composer (Summer of '42, Windmills of Your Mind)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
John Vernon, Canada, actor (Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Everard Goodman, English real estate developer (TOPS Estates)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Andrew Jacobs Jr, (Rep-D-IN, 1965-73, 75- )
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| 1932 |
Event |
Malcolm Campbell drives record speed (253.96 mph) at Daytona
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| 1933 |
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Final demonstration of German communist party in Berlin
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| 1933 |
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League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria
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