Historical Events In April - 24

1856  Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) on April - 24.   

1863  On this day in history skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid)   

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

1865  Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF) on April - 24.   

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

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

1867  In Manhattan, Kansas a 5.1 quake is the largest historical earthquake in Kansas on this day in history.   

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

1872  On April - 24 volcano Vesuvius erupts   

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

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

1875  Jeno Huszka, composer on this day in history.   

1875  On April - 24 jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58   

1877  Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans) on this day in history.   

1877  Charles Cuvillier, composer on April - 24.   

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

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

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

1883  Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30] on April - 24.   

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

1886  Kurt Pinthus, writer on April - 24.   

1888  On April - 24 eastman Kodak forms   

1889  [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45) on April - 24.   

1891  On April - 24 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem"   

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

1892  Jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack) on this day in history.   

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

1894  French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18 on April - 24.   

1895  On April - 24 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  On April - 24 birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

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

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

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

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  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 this day in history.   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on this day in history.   

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

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

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