Historical Events In April - 24

1856  On this day in history henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)  

1863  Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid) on April - 24.  

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  Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Va streetcars on April - 24.  

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

1867  On April - 24 fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)  

1872  Volcano Vesuvius erupts on this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president  

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

1875  On April - 24 jeno Huszka, composer  

1875  Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 on April - 24.  

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

1877  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair  

1883  On this day in history jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30]  

1884  National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta) on this day in history.  

1886  Kurt Pinthus, writer on April - 24.  

1888  On April - 24 eastman Kodak forms  

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

1891  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem" on April - 24.  

1891  On April - 24 count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies  

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

1893  On April - 24 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  Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat on April - 24.  

1895  S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner on April - 24.  

1897  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 on April - 24.  

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

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

1898  Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba on this day in history.  

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.  

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.  

1581  On April - 24 birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)  

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer  

1620  On April - 24 birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography  

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

1670  On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer  

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.  

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.  

0709  On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76  

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.  

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on April - 24.  

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on April - 24.  

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

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies  

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