Page 4: Historical Events In April - 24

1899  Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 1st AL game, Chic beats Cleve Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out   

1903  Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange) on April - 24.   

1904  On this day in history willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)   

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

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

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

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

1907  On April - 24 vaclav Trojan, composer   

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

1909  Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds on this day in history.   

1909  On April - 24 bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany)   

1910  On April - 24 german Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms   

1911  Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly) on April - 24.   

1912  On this day in history justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81   

1913  On April - 24 the skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened.   

1914  On April - 24 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 this day in history massacre of Armenians by Turks   

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 April - 24.   

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  Len Creed, bookmaker on April - 24.   

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 April - 24.   

1921  Laci Boldemann, composer on this day in history.   

1922  On April - 24 j D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory)   

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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  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on April - 24.   

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 April - 24.   

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

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

1185  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

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  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.