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 this day in history 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 April - 24.  

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

1904  On April - 24 willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)  

1904  On April - 24 friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77  

1905  1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 & 28) on April - 24.  

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

1907  On April - 24 hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.  

1907  Vaclav Trojan, composer on April - 24.  

1908  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 on this day in history.  

1908  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 on April - 24.  

1908  On April - 24 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 April - 24.  

1910  On April - 24 german Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms  

1911  On April - 24 jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly)  

1912  Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1913  On this day in history the skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened.  

1914  Bernard Caulfield, judge on this day in history.  

1915  On this day in history lt. Edward Donald Bellew (Cdn. 7th Cdn Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium  

1915  Massacre of Armenians by Turks on April - 24.  

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

1915  German army fires chloroform gas in Ieper on April - 24.  

1916  Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins on this day in history.  

1916  On April - 24 stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man)  

1917  On this day in history yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway  

1917  On April - 24 len Creed, bookmaker  

1917  On April - 24 oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1921  On this day in history laci Boldemann, composer  

1922  J D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory) on April - 24.  

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

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer  

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

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

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

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

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

1706  On this day in history 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  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89  

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

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

1617  On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered