Historical Events In April - 24

1899  Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid on April - 24.   

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

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

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

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

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 April - 24 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  Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds on April - 24.   

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

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

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

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

1913  The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened on this day in history.   

1914  Bernard Caulfield, judge on April - 24.   

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

1915  On April - 24 german army fires chloroform gas in Ieper   

1916  On this day in history easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins   

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  Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1920  British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years) on April - 24.   

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

1921  Laci Boldemann, composer on April - 24.   

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 April - 24.   

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  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

1620  On April - 24 birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On April - 24 wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

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

1077  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

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

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.   

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