Page 4: Historical Events In July - 24

1898  Amelia Earhart, US aviator (1st woman to solo Atlantic) on July - 24.   

1899  Chief Dan George, actor (Little Big Man) on this day in history.   

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

1900  On July - 24 zelda Fitzgerald, 1st wife of F Scott   

1900  On July - 24 ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59   

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

1902  On July - 24 trumper a century before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England   

1902  On this day in history hans Chemin-Petit, composer   

1903  On this day in history robert Mills Delaney, composer   

1904  James R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59) on July - 24.   

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

1907  Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario on July - 24.   

1908  On July - 24 john Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record)   

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

1910  On July - 24 matador Juan Belmonte (18) kills his 1st bull   

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 this day in history george H Brown, film producer   

1914  On this day in history david Miles Bensuan-Butt, economist   

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  Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band) on July - 24.   

1917  John Hillaby, writer/traveller on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history sgt. Richard Charles TRAVIS, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Hebuterne, France   

1918  On this day in history ruggiero Ricci, SF Calif, composer/violinist (Paganini)   

1919  On this day in history race Riot in Washington DC (6 killed, 100 wounded)   

1919  On this day in history the birth of Peter Yates, British director   

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

1921  On July - 24 belgium's Leon Scieur wins Tour de France   

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

1923  On July - 24 allied Powers & Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne   

1924  On July - 24 david Loram, British vice-admiral (Supreme Allied Commander)   

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  On July - 24 birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint   

1660  On this day in history 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 July - 24 birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik   

1725  John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.   

1738  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) was born on July - 24.   

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

1759  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born on July - 24.   

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

1240  Death of Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on July - 24.   

1345  On July - 24 death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered   

1568  On this day in history death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)   

1594  On July - 24 death of john Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)   

1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1712  On July - 24 cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies   

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