Historical Events In April - 24

1899  Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid on this day in history.   

1900  On April - 24 passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer   

1900  On April - 24 george J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76   

1901  On this day in history 1st AL game, Chic beats Cleve Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out   

1903  On this day in history jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)   

1904  On April - 24 willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)   

1904  On this day in history friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77   

1905  1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 & 28) on April - 24.   

1905  On April - 24 robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men)   

1907  Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened on this day in history.   

1907  Vaclav Trojan, composer on April - 24.   

1908  On April - 24 mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become the first to travel across the US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m   

1908  Mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m on this day in history.   

1908  Heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets) on April - 24.   

1909  On April - 24 harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds   

1909  Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany) on April - 24.   

1910  German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms on this day in history.   

1911  Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly) on April - 24.   

1912  Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history the skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened.   

1914  Bernard Caulfield, judge on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history lt. Edward Donald Bellew (Cdn. 7th Cdn Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium   

1915  On this day in history massacre of Armenians by Turks   

1915  On this day in history sgt-Major Frederick William Hall Cdn. (8th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium   

1915  On this day in history german army fires chloroform gas in Ieper   

1916  Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins on April - 24.   

1916  Stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man) on April - 24.   

1917  On this day in history yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway   

1917  On April - 24 len Creed, bookmaker   

1917  Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1920  British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years) on April - 24.   

1921  1st municipal elections for men & women in Belgium on April - 24.   

1921  Laci Boldemann, composer on this day in history.   

1922  J D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory) on this day in history.   

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1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on April - 24.   

1670  On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.   

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on April - 24.   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.   

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.