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 April - 24.   

1945  Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47   

1946  11 players Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, & McGinnity are named to Hall of Fame on April - 24.   

1948  On April - 24 joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84   

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

1952  On this day in history hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends   

1955  On April - 24 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  On April - 24 albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72   

1957  Asteroid #3648 discovered on this day in history.   

1957  Chic Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning on this day in history.   

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

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

1959  On April - 24 "Your Hit Parade" ended after a nine-year run on television and many more years on radio. The show debuted in   

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

1959  Jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72 on April - 24.   

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

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.   

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 April - 24.   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on April - 24.   

1670  On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

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

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 April - 24.   

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