Category: This Day In History February 24

Categories: This Day In History February


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This Day in History for February 24th

Historic Events:

1981: Raul Benavidez, Medal of Honor recipient on 24 Feb 1981. Vietnam veteran, WIA; 5 Purple Heart medals.

Famous Birthdays:

1500: King Charles V of Spain
1792: Bishop Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Bishop.
1885: Admiral Charles William Nimitz, a 5-star fleet commander in the US Navy.
1955: Steve Jobs, Founding member of Apple computers.

Famous Deaths:

1815: Robert Fulton, inventor of the the steamboat.
2006: Dennis Weaver, American actor.
2014: Harold Ramis, American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor.
2020: Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who calculated trajectories for NASA missions.
2020: David Roback, founder of the alternative rock band "Mazzy Star.

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Person Profiles (9)

05 Aug 1935 Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas, USA - 29 Nov 1998 photo
26 Aug 1918 White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States - 24 Feb 2020 photo
14 Nov 1765 Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - 24 Feb 1815 photo
24 Feb 1500 Ghent, Flanders, Belgium - 21 Sep 1558 photo
24 Feb 1955 San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States - 05 Oct 2011 photo
24 Feb 1885 Gillespie, Texas, United States - 20 Feb 1966 photo
21 Nov 1944 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 24 Feb 2014 photo
24 Feb 1792 Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 21 Sep 1854 photo
04 Jun 1924 Joplin, Missouri, United States - 24 Feb 2006 photo




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