History for February 24

History for February 24 - On-This-Day.com:
Wilhelm Grimm 1786 - Author with brother Jakob Grimm (Grimm's Fairy Tales: Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White, The Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb), Winslow Homer 1836 - Artist, Chester Nimitz 1885 - U.S. Navy Admiral, WWII Commander in Chief, signed the Japanese surrender papers


Abe Vigoda 1921 - Actor ("Barney Miller", "The Godfather"), George Harrison 1943 - Musician (Beatles) - In 1992, Harrison stated, "I only learned recently after all these years that the date and time of my own birth have always been off by one calendar day and about a half hour on the clock." Previously, Harrison thought his birthday was the 25th. His birth certificate indicates February 25., Steven Jobs 1955 - Co-founder of Apple, Inc. - iTunes Music


1803 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled itself to be the final interpreter of all constitutional issues.


1839 - Mr. William S. Otis received a patent for the steam shovel.


1903 - In Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an area was leased to the U.S. for a naval base.


1945 - During World War II, the Philippine capital of Manilla, was liberated by U.S. soldiers.


1956 - The city of Cleveland invoked a 1931 law that barred people under the age of 18 from dancing in public without an adult guardian.


1981 - Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain's Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.


1989 - Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sentenced Salman Rushdie to death for his novel "The Satanic Verses". A bounty of one to three-million-dollars was also put on Rushidie's head.


2008 - Cuba's parliament named Raul Castro president. His brother Fidel had ruled for nearly 50 years.