Historical Events In May - 24

1940  On this day in history 1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)   

1941  Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive on May - 24.   

1941  On May - 24 the birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter   

1941  On May - 24 the German battleship Bismarck sinks the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic   

1941  Lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle on May - 24.   

1943  Admiral Dönitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean on May - 24.   

1943  U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje on May - 24.   

1943  Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean on May - 24.   

1943  Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84 on May - 24.   

1944  Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 24 icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark   

1944  Major John Keefer Mahony (The Westminister Regiment(Motor)) wins the Victoria Cross at the Melfa River, Italy on May - 24.   

1946  Transjordan (now known as Jordan) becomes a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history the USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West   

1948  On this day in history alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78   

1951  On this day in history racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal   

1951  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

1951  Willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants on this day in history.   

1953  On May - 24 cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63   

1954  Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes first black to head an AMA unit on May - 24.   

1954  German airline Lufthansa forms on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history iBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour   

1954  On this day in history the first rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands NM   

1956  2,500th anniversary of the death of Buddha celebrated in India on May - 24.   

1956  Guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1957  On May - 24 anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan   

1957  Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia on May - 24.   

1958  President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion on this day in history.   

1958  United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service on May - 24.   

1958  On May - 24 uP & International News Service merge into United Press International   

1959  On May - 24 empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England   

1959  On May - 24 the first house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA)   

1959  On this day in history john Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71   

1960  1 millionth Dutch telephone installed on May - 24.   

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1522  On this day in history birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

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

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

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

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.   

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.   

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 May - 24.   

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on this day in history.   

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on May - 24.