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

1901  On this day in history 1st AL game, Chic beats Cleve Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out  

1903  On April - 24 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 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  On April - 24 vaclav Trojan, composer  

1908  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 on April - 24.  

1908  On this day in history 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  

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 April - 24.  

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

1910  German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms on this day in history.  

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 April - 24.  

1915  On April - 24 lt. Edward Donald Bellew (Cdn. 7th Cdn Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium  

1915  On April - 24 massacre of Armenians by Turks  

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

1916  Stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man) on this day in history.  

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  On April - 24 oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies  

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

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

1921  On April - 24 laci Boldemann, composer  

1922  J D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory) on this day in history.  

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

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1077  On this day in history 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  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.  

1617  On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered