Page 4: Historical Events In April - 24

1899  On April - 24 transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid   

1900  Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer on this day in history.   

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

1901  On April - 24 1st AL game, Chic beats Cleve Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out   

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  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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1909  On April - 24 harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds   

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

1910  German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms on April - 24.   

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

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

1915  Massacre of Armenians by Turks on April - 24.   

1915  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1917  Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway on this day in history.   

1917  Len Creed, bookmaker on April - 24.   

1917  On April - 24 oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies   

1920  On April - 24 british Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years)   

1921  On this day in history 1st municipal elections for men & women in Belgium   

1921  On April - 24 laci Boldemann, composer   

1922  On this day in history j D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory)   

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

1538  On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

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

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  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.   

1706  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

0624  On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

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

1185  On this day in history death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.   

1530  On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.