Historical Events In April - 24

1944  1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump" on this day in history.  

1945  On April - 24 a new commissioner of baseball was named. He was Albert B.’ Happy’ Chandler.  

1945  Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner on this day in history.  

1945  Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47 on April - 24.  

1946  11 players Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, & McGinnity are named to Hall of Fame on April - 24.  

1948  On April - 24 joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84  

1949  On April - 24 dick Powell starred in " Richard Diamond, Private Detective" on NBC radio.  

1949  On this day in history 3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman & Kiss Me Kate win  

1950  "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 320 performances on this day in history.  

1951  On April - 24 canadian troops defend Kapyong Valley in Korea against two-day Chinese attack; suffer 10 dead, 23 wounded.  

1951  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open on this day in history.  

1952  On April - 24 first shipment of oil from Alberta arrives in Ontario by pipeline and lake freighter, and they still do not like the price  

1952  On this day in history raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the " Gruen Guild Playhouse" in an episode titled, " The Tiger"  

1952  On April - 24 hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57  

1953  British PM Winston Churchill knighted by the Queen on this day in history.  

1953  Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on this day in history.  

1954  " Billboard" magazine, the music industry trade publication, headlined a change to come about in the music biz. The headline read, "Teenagers Demand Music with a Beat -- Spur Rhythm and Blues" . Within a year, R&B music by both black and white artists caught the public’ s fancy on April - 24.  

1954  On April - 24 the first American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina  

1954  1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina on April - 24.  

1955  On this day in history " X-Minus One", a show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC radio this day.  

1955  On this day in history conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends  

1955  Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history aL ump Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game  

1956  Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72 on April - 24.  

1957  On April - 24 asteroid #3648 discovered  

1957  On April - 24 chic Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning  

1957  On this day in history andries CD de Graeff, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1926-31), dies at 84  

1958  Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2 on April - 24.  

1959  On this day in history "Your Hit Parade" ended after a nine-year run on television and many more years on radio. The show debuted in  

1959  Neth Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier) on this day in history.  

1959  Jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1960  On April - 24 in Southern Iran a 6.0 earthquake resulted in 420 killed, 3,000 injured, and $20 million property damage at Kourdeh and Lar.  

1960  14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker & Fiorello! win on this day in history.  

1960  John P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84 on April - 24.  

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1533  On April - 24 birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)  

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1594  On this day in history 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 April - 24.  

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)  

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.  

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