Historical Events In April - 24

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

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

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

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

1946  On April - 24 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  "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 320 performances on this day in history.  

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

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1951  On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open  

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

1952  On this day in history 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 April - 24.  

1953  On April - 24 british PM Winston Churchill knighted by the Queen  

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

1954  On April - 24 " 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  The first American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina on April - 24.  

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

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  Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1957  Asteroid #3648 discovered on April - 24.  

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

1957  On April - 24 andries CD de Graeff, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1926-31), dies at 84  

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 April - 24.  

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

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

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

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer  

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on April - 24.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.  

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.