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Died on February 24th
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Edmund Andros |
Government |
6-Dec-1637 |
24-Feb-1714 |
American colonial governor |
| David Ballantyne |
Novelist |
14-Jun-1924 |
24-Feb-1986 |
The Cunninghams |
| John Barron |
Journalist |
26-Jan-1930 |
24-Feb-2005 |
Soviet espionage expert |
| Bruce Bennett |
Actor |
19-May-1906 |
24-Feb-2007 |
Played Tarzan in 1930s movie serials |
| Roman Bohnen |
Actor |
24-Nov-1894 |
24-Feb-1949 |
Of Mice and Men |
| Hjalmar Branting |
Politician |
23-Nov-1860 |
24-Feb-1925 |
Swedish Prime Minister |
| Virginia Bruce |
Actor |
29-Sep-1910 |
24-Feb-1982 |
The Invisible Woman |
| Octavia Butler |
Novelist |
22-Jun-1947 |
24-Feb-2006 |
Patternmaster |
| Henry Cavendish |
Chemist |
10-Oct-1731 |
24-Feb-1810 |
Discovered hydrogen |
| Jonathan Cilley |
Politician |
2-Jul-1802 |
24-Feb-1838 |
US Congressman from Maine, 1837-38 |
| Tony Conigliaro |
Baseball |
7-Jan-1945 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Boston Red Sox |
| Frank Conroy |
Actor |
14-Oct-1890 |
24-Feb-1964 |
The Ox-Bow Incident |
| Norris Cotton |
Politician |
11-May-1900 |
24-Feb-1989 |
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74 |
| John Charles Daly |
Game Show Host |
20-Feb-1914 |
24-Feb-1991 |
Host of What's My Line? |
| Ray Eliot |
Football |
13-Jun-1905 |
24-Feb-1980 |
Illini Head Coach, 1942-59 |
| Malcolm Forbes |
Business |
19-Aug-1919 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Forbes publisher, Faberge collector |
| Robert Fulton |
Inventor |
14-Nov-1765 |
24-Feb-1815 |
Inventor of the submarine and steamboat |
| George Gobel |
Comic |
20-May-1919 |
24-Feb-1991 |
Hollywood Square |
| Irving M. Ives |
Politician |
24-Jan-1896 |
24-Feb-1962 |
US Senator from New York, 1947-59 |
| Pierre Janet |
Psychologist |
30-May-1859 |
24-Feb-1947 |
Founder of Automatic Psychology |
| Edward Judd |
Actor |
4-Oct-1932 |
24-Feb-2009 |
First Men in the Moon |
| Don Knotts |
Actor |
21-Jul-1924 |
24-Feb-2006 |
Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show |
| Robert M. La Follette, Jr. |
Politician |
6-Feb-1895 |
24-Feb-1953 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Gaston Modot |
Actor |
30-Dec-1887 |
24-Feb-1970 |
Age of Gold |
| Bobby Moore |
Soccer |
12-Apr-1941 |
24-Feb-1993 |
Captain, 1966 World Cup team |
| Conrad Nagel |
Actor |
16-Mar-1897 |
24-Feb-1970 |
The Thirteenth Chair |
| Derek Nimmo |
Actor |
19-Sep-1930 |
24-Feb-1999 |
All Gas and Gaiters |
| Antonio Prohias |
Artist |
17-Jan-1921 |
24-Feb-1998 |
Spy vs. Spy |
| John Randolph |
Actor |
1-Jun-1915 |
24-Feb-2004 |
Prizzi's Honor |
| Johnnie Ray |
Musician |
10-Jan-1927 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Cry/The Little White Cloud That Cried |
| Jean Rogers |
Actor |
25-Mar-1916 |
24-Feb-1991 |
Dale Arden in Flash Gordon serials |
| Claude Shannon |
Scientist |
30-Apr-1916 |
24-Feb-2001 |
Pioneer in information theory |
| Dinah Shore |
Singer |
29-Feb-1916 |
24-Feb-1994 |
See the U-S-A in a Chev-ro-let |
| H. Allen Smith |
Author |
19-Dec-1907 |
24-Feb-1976 |
Low Man on a Totem Pole |
| Mel Stewart |
Actor |
19-Sep-1929 |
24-Feb-2002 |
Scarecrow and Mrs. King |
| Robert Strausz-Hupé |
Diplomat |
25-Mar-1903 |
24-Feb-2002 |
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1981-89 |
| Gerd von Rundstedt |
Military |
12-Dec-1875 |
24-Feb-1953 |
German Field Marshall |
| Dennis Weaver |
Actor |
4-Jun-1924 |
24-Feb-2006 |
Sam McCloud in McCloud |
| Johannes Wier |
Doctor |
1515 |
24-Feb-1588 |
First modern physician |
| Henny Youngman |
Comic |
16-Mar-1906 |
24-Feb-1998 |
Take my wife, please |
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