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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1903  On April - 24 jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)  

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

1904  On this day in history friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77  

1905  On April - 24 1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 & 28)  

1905  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

1907  On April - 24 vaclav Trojan, composer  

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 April - 24.  

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

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

1911  Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly) on this day in history.  

1912  Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1913  The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened on April - 24.  

1914  Bernard Caulfield, judge on April - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

1915  Sgt-Major Frederick William Hall Cdn. (8th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium on this day in history.  

1915  German army fires chloroform gas in Ieper on this day in history.  

1916  On April - 24 easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins  

1916  Stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man) on April - 24.  

1917  Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway on April - 24.  

1917  On this day in history len Creed, bookmaker  

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

1921  Laci Boldemann, composer on this day in history.  

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

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1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)  

1538  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.  

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 24.  

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

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.  

1338  On April - 24 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.