All Of Tulsa

Feb 24 2001
Dr. Claude Elwood Shannon, US mathematician and computer scientist whose theories laid the groundwork for the electronic communications networks, dies at 84 in Medford, Massachusetts
Feb 24 1997
The first fire in space occurs as the Mir space station has a small fire in an oxygen converter. The crew must don breathing masks and use fire extinguishing equipment
Feb 24 1945
Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is liberated from Japan
Feb 24 1942
The Voice of America goes on the air for the first time
Feb 24 1868
The House of Representatives impeaches President Andrew Johnson after his attempt to dismiss Secretary of War Stanton. The Senate acquits Johnson.
Feb 24 1822
Bluebeard executed for burning ten of his wives