Page 8: Historical Events In May - 24

1961  27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS on this day in history.   

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 May - 24.   

1962  On this day in history m Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit   

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 this day in history.   

1964  18th Tony Awards Luther & Hello Dolly win on May - 24.   

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

1964  Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 on this day in history.   

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  "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 24 haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days   

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 May - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1969  Beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks on May - 24.   

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

1969  Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48 on May - 24.   

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  Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 24 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1972  On May - 24 asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88   

1974  Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV on May - 24.   

1974  On this day in history duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75   

1975  On May - 24 dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain some F-16's   

1975  Soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4 on this day in history.   

1976  Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on May - 24.   

1976  On this day in history the first commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC)   

1976  Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62 on May - 24.   

1977  USSR President Podgorny resigns on May - 24.   

1978  Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect on this day in history.   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.   

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

1650  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 24 death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

1425  On this day in history death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

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

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.