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February 24th, 1984: Safeway Stores sues the state of Hawaii for preventing the grocer from bringing in milk from the mainland, attempting to have declared illegal the Hawaiian Milk Act. As anyone who shops for dairy products today on Maui can see, the suit fails.That Safeway thought it could purchase mainland milk, and ship it all the way to Hawaii and still make a profit on a lower-cost gallon is somewhat amazing. Some may argue, however, that Hawaiians paying upwards of $6 a gallon for milk at all, is even more perplexing.

Safeway runs three stores on Maui. The new Kihei store is currently the corporation’s largest in the world.

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — February 24th

• 270: St. Valentine is beheaded in Rome for refusing to renounce Christianity
• 1803: The U.S. Supreme Court first rules a law as being unconstitutional and rules itself the final interpreter of constitutional issues (Marbury v Madison)
• 1821: Mexico gains independence from Spain
• 1836: 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at the Alamo (the attack lasts 13 days and ends with the death of every defender of the fort)
• 1863: Arizona becomes a US territory
• 1868: The House of Representatives votes to impeach President Andrew Johnson for violating the Tenure of Office Act
• 1895: The Cuban war of independence begins
• 1903: The U.S. signs an agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba
• 1946: Juan Peron is elected president of Argentina
• 1949: The V-2/WAC-Corporal becomes the first rocket launched to outer space (from White Sands NM, it reaches an altitude of 400 km)
• 1981: Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Britain’s Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer
• 1982: John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s “Double Fantasy” wins the Grammy
• 1991: U.S. & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops

BORN ON THIS DAY — February 24th

• 1874: Honus Wagner, shortstop for Pittsburgh Pirates
• 1885: Admiral Chester Nimitz, in charge of Pacific Fleet in WWII
• 1928: Michael Harrington, socialist/author
• 1930: Barbara Lawrence, actress
• 1942: Joe Lieberman, US Senator (D-CT)
• 1942: Paul Jones, rocker
• 1945: Barry Bostwick, actor
• 1947: Edward James Olmos, actor
• 1950: George Thorogood, rock singer/musician
• 1955: Steven Jobs, Apple Computer co-founder
• 1956: Paula Zahn, TV news anchor
• 1966: Billy Zane, actor
• 1973: James Michael Kennedy, rocker
• 1977: Alexis Jose Grullon, singer