Page 3: Historical Events In April - 24

1856  On April - 24 henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)   

1863  Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid) on this day in history.   

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

1865  On this day in history fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF)   

1866  On April - 24 victoria BC is connected to British Columbia mainland via cable and telegraph.   

1867  On April - 24 black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Va streetcars   

1867  On April - 24 in Manhattan, Kansas a 5.1 quake is the largest historical earthquake in Kansas.   

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

1872  On April - 24 volcano Vesuvius erupts   

1873  On April - 24 theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president   

1874  On April - 24 john Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)   

1875  Jeno Huszka, composer on this day in history.   

1875  Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans)   

1877  On April - 24 charles Cuvillier, composer   

1880  On this day in history amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England   

1880  On April - 24 amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England & Wales, is founded in Oxford, England   

1883  28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair on April - 24.   

1883  On April - 24 jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30]   

1884  National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta) on April - 24.   

1886  On April - 24 kurt Pinthus, writer   

1888  On April - 24 eastman Kodak forms   

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

1891  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem"   

1891  Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

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

1893  On this day in history robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance)   

1894  On April - 24 french cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18   

1895  On this day in history joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat   

1895  S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history the first journalist to be named White House news reporter was William Price, who began working the prestigious beat for the "Washington Star" this day.   

1897  1st reporter, William Price (Wash Star), assigned to White House on this day in history.   

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

1898  On April - 24 spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba   

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on April - 24.   

1538  On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on April - 24.   

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on April - 24.   

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  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

1338  On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.   

1617  On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered