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| February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 301 days remaining until the end of time. |
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| 1208 St. Francis of Assisi, 26, receives his vocation but not his pants in Portiuncula Italy |
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| 1868 1st U.S. parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile, Alabama) but no beads, genitals or hurricanes |
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| 1940 Frances Langford records "When You Wish Upon a Star" and becomes a cricket |
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| 1964 Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing title |
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| 1968 Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué, Loué and Dewé. |
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| 1998 Elton John is knighted |
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| 1786 Wilhelm Grimm, German folklorist |
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| 1932 Michel Legrand, French composer |
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| 1945 Barry Bostwick, US actor |
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| 1947 Edward James Olmos, US actor/director |
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| 1955 Steve Jobs, US computer pioneer/entrepreneur |
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| 1958 Mark Moses, US actor |
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| 1965 Alessandro Gassman, Italian actor/model |
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| 1966 Billy Zane, actor/director |
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| 1977 Floyd Mayweather Jr, US welterweight boxer/dancer |
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| 1983 Tennessee Williams, gay St. Louis playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), misses the streetcar |
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| 1990 Johnnie Ray, gay US singer (Cry), wonders who’s sorry now |
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| 2006 Don Knotts, US actor, gets nipped in the bud -- which the other 2 guys in this section would've enjoyed |
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