Historical Events In May - 24

1961  On May - 24 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS   

1961  Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on May - 24.   

1961  U S President Kennedy asks the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade on this day in history.   

1962  M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit on this day in history.   

1963  The first Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely on May - 24.   

1963  Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack on May - 24.   

1964  On this day in history 18th Tony Awards Luther & Hello Dolly win   

1964  On this day in history beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan   

1964  Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 on May - 24.   

1964  On May - 24 18th Tony Awards: Luther & Hello Dolly win   

1965  On this day in history supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional   

1966  On May - 24 "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances   

1968  Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 24 mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession   

1968  President De Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history the Gateway Arch, located in St Louis, Missouri, is dedicated   

1968  Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75 on May - 24.   

1969  On May - 24 beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks   

1969  On this day in history the birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader   

1969  On this day in history mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48   

1970  On May - 24 peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult   

1971  On May - 24 a commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard   

1972  On May - 24 glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona   

1972  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1972  On this day in history asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88   

1974  Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

1974  Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75 on May - 24.   

1975  Dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain some F-16's on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4   

1976  Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1976  The first commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC) on this day in history.   

1976  Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history uSSR President Podgorny resigns   

1978  On this day in history dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect   

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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 this day in history birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

1610  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.   

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on May - 24.   

1650  On May - 24 birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on May - 24.   

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

1153  On this day in history david I, King of Scotland, dies   

1351  On this day in history death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  On this day in history death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

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

1456  On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on May - 24.   

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