Daily Calendar for Friday, February 24, 2012
Born
- Wilhelm Grimm (folklorist) –
- Winslow Homer (painter) –
- Chester Nimitz (U.S. fleet admiral) –
- Philip Knight (co-founder of Nike) –
- Debra Jo Rupp (actress) –
- Sid Meier (Canadian-American programmer and game designer
) –
- Steve Jobs (computer pioneer) –
- Eddie Murray (baseball player) –
- Mike Lowell (baseball player) –
- Bronson Arroyo (baseball player) –
Died
- Dinah Shore (singer) –
- Henny Youngman (vaudevillian who fiddled his way into television and films) –
- John McMorran (the oldest American man [at the time of his death] died from heart failure) –
- John Randolph (actor) –
- Dennis Weaver (actor) –
- Don Knotts (actor) –
- Jan Berenstain (co-creator of The Berenstain Bears book series) –
- Harold Ramis (actor & director) –
Events
- Thomas Edison married Mina Miller. He wooed the 19 year old woman via Morse code –
- Thermite explosive first used to break ice jam, Waddington, NY –
- Nylon toothbrush bristles made by DuPont –
- When You Wish Upon a Star recorded –
- Discovery (by Jocelyn Bell) of the first pulsar announced –
- Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer –
- Hockey player Wayne Gretzky scored his 77th goal of the season and broke Phil Esposito’s 1971 record –
- A deadly 6.5-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Morocco killing more than 560 people and injured approximately 300 more –
- Eastern Ontario and western Quebec were shaken by a 4.5 earthquake –
- Pilots of two planes reported UFO over Arizona –
Weather
- Brown snow fell in Vermont and New Hampshire. The color was caused by dust blown from storms in the Great Plains. –
- The temperature in Jacksonville, Florida, plummeted to 24 degrees F –
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