Page 4: Historical Events In July - 24

1898  Amelia Earhart, US aviator (1st woman to solo Atlantic) on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history chief Dan George, actor (Little Big Man)   

1900  Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed on July - 24.   

1900  Zelda Fitzgerald, 1st wife of F Scott on this day in history.   

1900  Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 on this day in history.   

1901  O. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank on July - 24.   

1902  On this day in history trumper a century before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England   

1902  Hans Chemin-Petit, composer on July - 24.   

1903  Robert Mills Delaney, composer on July - 24.   

1904  On July - 24 james R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59)   

1905  On this day in history treaty of Bjorko: Emperor Wilhelm II/czar Nicholas II   

1907  On July - 24 hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario   

1908  John Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record) on July - 24.   

1909  On July - 24 bkln Dodger Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pitts Pirates   

1910  Matador Juan Belmonte (18) kills his 1st bull on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history edward Ford, registrat Order of Merit   

1911  On July - 24 hiram Bingham discovers Lost City of the Incas   

1913  On July - 24 george H Brown, film producer   

1914  David Miles Bensuan-Butt, economist on July - 24.   

1915  On July - 24 excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, 852 die   

1915  On this day in history frank Thistlethwaite, vice chancellor (University of East Anglia)   

1916  On this day in history bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band)   

1917  On July - 24 john Hillaby, writer/traveller   

1918  Sgt. Richard Charles TRAVIS, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Hebuterne, France on July - 24.   

1918  Ruggiero Ricci, SF Calif, composer/violinist (Paganini) on this day in history.   

1919  Race Riot in Washington DC (6 killed, 100 wounded) on this day in history.   

1919  The birth of Peter Yates, British director on July - 24.   

1920  Alexander H Cohen, NYC, Broadway producer (Beyond the Fringe) on this day in history.   

1921  Belgium's Leon Scieur wins Tour de France on July - 24.   

1922  Charles Mathias Jr, (Sen-R-MD, 1969-86) on July - 24.   

1923  Allied Powers & Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne on this day in history.   

1924  David Loram, British vice-admiral (Supreme Allied Commander) on this day in history.   

1925  On July - 24 insulin successfully used for the first time to treat a patient   

1925  Scopes guilty of teaching evolution in a Tn HS, fined $100 & costs on this day in history.   

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1380  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint was born on July - 24.   

1660  On July - 24 birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9] was born on July - 24.   

1720  On this day in history birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik   

1725  On this day in history birth of john Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)   

1738  On this day in history birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)   

1757  On July - 24 birth of vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)   

1759  On this day in history birth of victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)   

1115  Death of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046) on July - 24.   

1240  On July - 24 death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights   

1345  On this day in history death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered   

1568  Death of Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) on July - 24.   

1594  Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32   

1712  On this day in history cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies   

1739  On this day in history benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday