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Today in History ~ February 24
Events0303 - 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians promulgated
1208 - Francis of Assisi, 26, decides to become a priest in Portiuncula, Italy
1510 - Pope Julius II excommunicates the republic of Venice
1530 - 1st imperial coronation by a Pope, Charles V crowned by Clement V
1541 - Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia
1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar [H]
1607 - Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Orfeo," premieres in Mantua
1711 - Handel's opera "Rinaldo" premieres, London
1779 - George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes, Ind, from British
1786 - Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India
1803 - Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison)
1807 - 17 die & 15 wounded in a crush to witness hanging of Holloway, Heggerty & Elizabeth Godfrey in England
1821 - Mexico gains independence from Spain
1836 - 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, siege lasts 13 days, falls to the Mexicans on March 6th. [H]
1839 - Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia
1848 - King Louis-Philippe abdicates, 2nd French republic declared
1855 - US Court of Claims forms for cases against government
1863 - Arizona Territory created
1863 - Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest's raid on Brentwood, Tennessee
1864 - -Feb 25] Battle of Tunnel Hill, GA (Buzzard's Roost)
1868 - 1st US parade with floats (Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama)
1868 - House of Reps vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson [H]
1876 - Henrik Ibsen's "Peer Gynt," premieres in Oslo
1895 - Cuban war for independence begins
1917 - German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram)
1917 - Russian revolution breaks out
1918 - Estonia declares independence from Russia
1920 - NSDAP (Nazi Party) begins at Hofbrauhaus in Munich
1923 - Flying Scotsman goes into service
1924 - Mahatma Gandhi released from jail
1933 - Final demonstration of German communist party in Berlin
1933 - League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria
1938 - Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles
1942 - Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German)
1944 - Argentina coup by Col Juan Peron minister of war
1945 - Manila freed from Japanese
1946 - Juan Peron elected President of Argentina
1948 - Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia
1949 - Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement
1949 - V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands, NM, 400 km
1955 - "Silk Stockings" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 461 performances
1964 - Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing title
1965 - Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas
1968 - US troops reconquer Hue, Vietnam
1970 - 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)
1971 - Algeria nationalizes French oil companies
1974 - Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh
1977 - President Carter announces US foreign aid will be conditional on human rights
1981 - Britain's Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer
1981 - Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
1984 - Iraq resumes air attack on Iran
1988 - Supreme Ct votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody
1989 - 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found
1991 - US & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops
1996 - Cuba downs 2 US planes
1997 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th)
Birthdays Today
1500 - Charles V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor
1619 - Charles Le Brun, Paris, painter, designer
1684 - Catherine I, Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia
1766 - Samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo)
1786 - Wilhelm Grimm (author w/brother Jakob: Grimm's Fairy Tales: Rumpelstiltskin, Snow-White, The Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb)
1836 - Winslow Homer (artist: On A Lee Shore, Mending the Nets, Eating Watermelon, Inside the Bar, The Maine Coast, Gulfstream)
1838 - Thomas Benton Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1923
1842 - Arrigio Enrico Boito, composer (Mefistofele)
1846 - Luigi Denza, composer
1874 - Honus (John) Wagner (The Flying Dutchman)(Baseball Hall of Famer: Pittsburgh Pirates)
1885 - Chester Nimitz (U.S. Navy Admiral: WWII Commander of all Allied Forces in the SW Pacific, signed the Japanese surrender papers)
1890 - Marjorie Main (Mary Tomlinson) (actress: Ma of Ma and Pa Kettle, The Egg and I, The Harvey Girls, Friendly Persuasion)
1921 - Abe Vigoda (actor: Barney Miller, The Godfather, Joe and the Volcano, Fist of Honor)
1927 - Mark Lane (attorney, author: Rush to Judgment, Eyewitness Chicago; conspiracy theorist: the Kennedy assassination)
1929 - Richard B. Shull (actor: Splash, Trapped in Paradise)
1930 - Bubba (John) Phillips (baseball)
1932 - John Vernon (actor: The Outlaw Josey Wales, National Lampoon's Animal House, Hostage for a Day, Dirty Harry, Hunter)
1932 - Michel Legrand (Academy Award-Winning composer for Best Original Score: Yentl [1983]; Brian's Song, Ice Station Zebra)
1934 - Renata Scotto, Savona Italy, soprano (Violetta, La Traviata)
1936 - Lance Reventlow (auto racer)
1936 - Linda Cristal (Marta Burges) (actress: Hughes & Harlow: Angels in Hell, The Dead Don't Die, The High Chaparral)
1938 - James Farentino (actor: Dynasty, Ensign Pulver, The Final Countdown)
1940 - Jimmy Ellis (boxer)
1944 - Barry Bostwick, San Mateo Ca, actor (Rocky Horror Show, Megaforce)
1947 - Edward James Olmos (Emmy Award-Winning Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Miami Vice [1985]; Stand and Deliver, Blade Runner)
1952 - Tom Burleson (basketball)
1953 - Frank Riccelli (baseball)
1953 - Greg Westbrooks (football: LA Rams linebacker: Super Bowl XIV)
1953 - Mike Sember (baseball)
1955 - Steven Jobs, co-founder (Apple Computer)
1956 - Eddie Murray (baseball: Baltimore Orioles first baseman and designated hitter: American League Rookie of the Year [1977])
1978 - Louise Woodward, Elton England, nanny who killed Matthew Eappen
Famous deaths
1563 - Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44
1704 - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies
1785 - Carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39
1815 - Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies
1914 - Johua Lawrence Chamberlain, Major General and the Congressional Medal of Honor, died of his
war wounds at 85
1825 - Thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies
1953 - Karl R G von Rundstedt, Germ gen-field marshal (Ardennes), dies at 77
1976 - H Allen Smith, author, TV host (Armchair Detective), dies at 69
1983 - Tennessee Williams, US playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 71
1990 - Johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61
1990 - Malcolm Forbes, CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies of a heart attack at 70
1994 - Dinah Shore, singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at 76
1994 - Jean Sablon, French crooner, dies at 87
1998 - Henny Youngman, comedian (Take my wife... please!), dies at 92
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