Historical Events In April - 24

1944  On this day in history 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump"  

1945  A new commissioner of baseball was named. He was Albert B.’ Happy’ Chandler on April - 24.  

1945  On April - 24 albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner  

1945  Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47 on April - 24.  

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

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

1949  Dick Powell starred in " Richard Diamond, Private Detective" on NBC radio on April - 24.  

1949  On this day in history 3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman & Kiss Me Kate win  

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

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

1951  On April - 24 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open  

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

1952  On April - 24 raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the " Gruen Guild Playhouse" in an episode titled, " The Tiger"  

1952  Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

1953  Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on this day in history.  

1954  On this day in history " 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.  

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

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

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

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

1955  On this day in history alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79  

1956  On this day in history aL ump Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game  

1956  Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72 on April - 24.  

1957  On this day in history asteroid #3648 discovered  

1957  Chic Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning on April - 24.  

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

1958  On April - 24 lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2  

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  On this day in history neth Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier)  

1959  On this day in history jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72  

1960  On April - 24 in Southern Iran a 6.0 earthquake resulted in 420 killed, 3,000 injured, and $20 million property damage at Kourdeh and Lar.  

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

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

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on April - 24.  

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 April - 24.  

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  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on April - 24.  

0624  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury  

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.  

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

1617  On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered