Historical Events In April - 24

1944  1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump" on April - 24.  

1945  A new commissioner of baseball was named. He was Albert B.� Happy� Chandler on this day in history.  

1945  Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner on April - 24.  

1945  Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1946  On this day in history 11 players Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, & McGinnity are named to Hall of Fame  

1948  Joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84 on April - 24.  

1949  Dick Powell starred in " Richard Diamond, Private Detective" on NBC radio on this day in history.  

1949  3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman & Kiss Me Kate win on April - 24.  

1950  On April - 24 "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 320 performances  

1951  On April - 24 canadian troops defend Kapyong Valley in Korea against two-day Chinese attack; suffer 10 dead, 23 wounded.  

1951  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open on April - 24.  

1952  On April - 24 first shipment of oil from Alberta arrives in Ontario by pipeline and lake freighter, and they still do not like the price  

1952  Raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the " Gruen Guild Playhouse" in an episode titled, " The Tiger" on this day in history.  

1952  Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57 on April - 24.  

1953  British PM Winston Churchill knighted by the Queen on this day in history.  

1953  On this day in history winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II  

1954  " Billboard" magazine, the music industry trade publication, headlined a change to come about in the music biz. The headline read, "Teenagers Demand Music with a Beat -- Spur Rhythm and Blues" . Within a year, R&B music by both black and white artists caught the public� s fancy on April - 24.  

1954  The first American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina on this day in history.  

1954  On April - 24 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina  

1955  " X-Minus One", a show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC radio this day on this day in history.  

1955  On April - 24 conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends  

1955  Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1956  AL ump Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72  

1957  On April - 24 asteroid #3648 discovered  

1957  On this day in history chic Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning  

1957  Andries CD de Graeff, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1926-31), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1958  Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2 on April - 24.  

1959  "Your Hit Parade" ended after a nine-year run on television and many more years on radio. The show debuted in on this day in history.  

1959  Neth Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier) on this day in history.  

1959  Jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1960  On this day in history in Southern Iran a 6.0 earthquake resulted in 420 killed, 3,000 injured, and $20 million property damage at Kourdeh and Lar.  

1960  14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker & Fiorello! win on April - 24.  

1960  John P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84 on April - 24.  

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

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.  

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer  

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

0709  On April - 24 wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76  

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 this day in history.  

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

1338  On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)  

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