Hisdates•ComPage 6: Historical Events In April - 24
Thursday, 20 November 2025
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 On this day in history albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner
1945 On April - 24 anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47
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 On this day in history joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84
1949 Dick Powell starred in " Richard Diamond, Private Detective" on NBC radio on April - 24.
1949 On April - 24 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 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 this day in history.
1952 First shipment of oil from Alberta arrives in Ontario by pipeline and lake freighter, and they still do not like the price on April - 24.
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 April - 24.
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 " 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 this day in history.
1954 On this day in history the first American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina
1954 On this day in history 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 April - 24.
1955 On this day in history conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends
1955 Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79 on April - 24.
1956 AL ump Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game on April - 24.
1956 On April - 24 albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72
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 Andries CD de Graeff, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1926-31), dies at 84 on April - 24.
1958 On this day in history 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 April - 24.
1959 On this day in history neth Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier)
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 On this day in history 14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker & Fiorello! win
1960 John P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84 on April - 24.
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