Page 8: Historical Events In May - 24

1961  27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS on May - 24.   

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 May - 24.   

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

1963  On this day in history elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack   

1964  On May - 24 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  18th Tony Awards: Luther & Hello Dolly win on this day in history.   

1965  Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional on May - 24.   

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

1968  On this day in history haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days   

1968  Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession on this day in history.   

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

1968  The Gateway Arch, located in St Louis, Missouri, is dedicated on this day in history.   

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

1969  Beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 24 the birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader   

1969  Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1970  Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult on May - 24.   

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

1974  On this day in history dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV   

1974  Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

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

1976  On this day in history henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62   

1977  USSR President Podgorny resigns on May - 24.   

1978  On May - 24 dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect   

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1522  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

1671  On this day in history birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)   

1144  On this day in history petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

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

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1456  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

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.