Page 4: Historical Events In April - 24

1899  On this day in history transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid   

1900  On April - 24 passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer   

1900  On April - 24 george J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76   

1901  1st AL game, Chic beats Cleve Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)   

1904  Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light) on April - 24.   

1904  Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history 1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 & 28)   

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

1907  Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened on this day in history.   

1907  Vaclav Trojan, composer on this day in history.   

1908  On April - 24 mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become the first to travel across the US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m   

1908  On April - 24 mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m   

1908  On this day in history heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets)   

1909  Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds on April - 24.   

1909  Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany) on this day in history.   

1910  On April - 24 german Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms   

1911  Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly) on this day in history.   

1912  Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on April - 24.   

1913  The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history bernard Caulfield, judge   

1915  On April - 24 lt. Edward Donald Bellew (Cdn. 7th Cdn Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium   

1915  On April - 24 massacre of Armenians by Turks   

1915  On April - 24 sgt-Major Frederick William Hall Cdn. (8th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium   

1915  German army fires chloroform gas in Ieper on this day in history.   

1916  Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins on April - 24.   

1916  Stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man) on this day in history.   

1917  Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway on April - 24.   

1917  Len Creed, bookmaker on April - 24.   

1917  Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history british Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years)   

1921  1st municipal elections for men & women in Belgium on April - 24.   

1921  On this day in history laci Boldemann, composer   

1922  J D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory) on this day in history.   

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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 April - 24.   

1581  On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

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

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on April - 24.   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.