Famous Birthdays In April - 24

1856  Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) was born on this day in history.  

1864  George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20) was born on this day in history.  

1867  Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death) was born on this day in history.  

1873  Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president was born on April - 24.  

1874  John Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial) was born on this day in history.  

1874  On this day in history birth of willem E Roelofs, Dutch painter/cartoonist  

1875  On April - 24 birth of jeno Huszka, composer  

1876  Ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960) was born on April - 24.  

1876  On April - 24 birth of erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960)  

1877  Charles Cuvillier, composer was born on this day in history.  

1878  On April - 24 birth of jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)  

1882  Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (d. 1970) was born on this day in history.  

1883  Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30] was born on this day in history.  

1886  On April - 24 birth of kurt Pinthus, writer  

1886  R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man (died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108) was born on this day in history.  

1887  On April - 24 birth of denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931)  

1889  [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45) was born on this day in history.  

1889  Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924) was born on this day in history.  

1892  Jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack) was born on April - 24.  

1893  Robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance) was born on April - 24.  

1895  On April - 24 birth of s Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner  

1897  On April - 24 birth of benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)  

1897  On this day in history birth of gyorgy Kosa, composer  

1897  On April - 24 birth of manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)  

1899  On April - 24 birth of oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986)  

1903  On April - 24 birth of jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)  

1903  Mike Michalske, NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers) was born on this day in history.  

1903  On April - 24 birth of siegfried F Nadel, Austrian/British anthropologist (Black Byzantium)  

1904  On this day in history birth of friedrich Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens), dies  

1904  Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light) was born on this day in history.  

1905  Robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men) was born on April - 24.  

1906  On this day in history birth of william Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)  

1907  On this day in history birth of vaclav Trojan, composer  

1908  Heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets) was born on this day in history.  

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0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

0709  On April - 24 wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76  

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89  

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on this day in history.  

1185  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns  

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.  

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.  

1617  On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered