Page 4: Historical Events In April - 24

1900  Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer.   

1900  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.   

1903  Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)   

1904  Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)   

1904  Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77   

1905  1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 and 28).   

1905  Robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men)   

1907  Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened   

1907  Vaclav Trojan, composer   

1908  Mr and Mrs Jacob Murdock become the inaugural to travel across the US by car, they leave LA in a Packard and arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m.   

1908  Mr and Mrs Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across US by car, they leave LA in a Packard and arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m.   

1908  Heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets).   

1909  Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds.   

1909  Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany)   

1910  German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms   

1911  Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly)   

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

1913  The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened.   

1914  Bernard Caulfield, judge   

1915  In this year, Lt. Edward Donald Bellew (Cdn. 7th Cdn Infantry Batt.) claims the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium.   

1915  Massacre of Armenians by Turks   

1915  In this year, Sgt-Major Frederick William Hall Cdn. (8th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) claims the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium   

1915  German army fires chloroform gas in Ieper   

1916  Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins.   

1916  Stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man).   

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

1917  Len Creed, bookmaker.   

1917  Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies   

1920  British Mandate over Palestine comes into force (lasts 28 years)   

1921  1st municipal elections for men and women in Belgium   

1921  Laci Boldemann, composer.   

1922  J D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory)   

1922  Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53   

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1533  On April - 24 birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

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

1660  On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  On this day in history 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  On April - 24 wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

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

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

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 April - 24.   

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered