Page 4: Historical Events In April - 24

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

1900  Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer on April - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1904  Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light) on this day in history.   

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

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

1905  On this day in history robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men)   

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

1907  Vaclav Trojan, composer on this day in history.   

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 April - 24 heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets)   

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

1909  Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany) on April - 24.   

1910  On this day in history german Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms   

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

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 April - 24.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history len Creed, bookmaker   

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 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  On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

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

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

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

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 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 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