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 April - 24.  

1864  On April - 24 george AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20)  

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

1866  On this day in history 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  Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president on April - 24.  

1874  On this day in history john Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)  

1875  Jeno Huszka, composer on April - 24.  

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

1877  On April - 24 last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans)  

1877  On this day in history charles Cuvillier, composer  

1880  Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England on April - 24.  

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

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

1886  Kurt Pinthus, writer on this day in history.  

1888  Eastman Kodak forms on April - 24.  

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

1894  On this day in history 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  On April - 24 s Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner  

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 April - 24.  

1897  Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797) on April - 24.  

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

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1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)  

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography  

1660  On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver  

1670  On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer  

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer  

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

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.  

0729  On this day in history 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  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns  

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.  

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