Historical Events In May - 24

1895  Playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison on May - 24.   

1895  On this day in history henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight   

1895  On this day in history h S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI)   

1895  Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on May - 24.   

1898  On May - 24 kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando)   

1899  The first auto repair shop opens in Boston on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)   

1899  On this day in history suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)   

1900  On May - 24 australians cross Vaal River in South Africa   

1900  On this day in history britain annexes Orange Free State   

1900  34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼ on this day in history.   

1901  Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales on May - 24.   

1902  On May - 24 empire Day first celebrated in Britain   

1902  On May - 24 empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain   

1903  On May - 24 aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth)   

1904  George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It) on May - 24.   

1905  On this day in history 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08   

1905  On this day in history mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)   

1906  On May - 24 edmund Sargant, solicitor   

1908  Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election on May - 24.   

1908  Kresimir Fribec, composer on May - 24.   

1909  On May - 24 bristol University granted Royal Charter   

1909  On May - 24 guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)   

1910  On May - 24 margers Zarins, composer   

1912  Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano on this day in history.   

1913  On May - 24 audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936)   

1914  Clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt) on May - 24.   

1915  On May - 24 enemy Contracts Annulment Act   

1915  On May - 24 formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried   

1915  On this day in history italy declares war on Austria-Hungary   

1915  On May - 24 thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations   

1916  On May - 24 conscription begins in Britain   

1916  French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured on this day in history.   

1916  On May - 24 last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.   

1544  On May - 24 birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

1605  On May - 24 birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.   

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  On this day in history birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

1671  On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)   

1144  On May - 24 petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

1153  On May - 24 david I, King of Scotland, dies   

1351  On May - 24 death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on this day in history.   

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on May - 24.   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.   

1543  On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on this day in history.