Historical Events In July - 24

1898  On July - 24 amelia Earhart, US aviator (1st woman to solo Atlantic)  

1899  Chief Dan George, actor (Little Big Man) on July - 24.  

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

1900  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1902  On July - 24 hans Chemin-Petit, composer  

1903  Robert Mills Delaney, composer on this day in history.  

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

1905  On July - 24 treaty of Bjorko: Emperor Wilhelm II/czar Nicholas II  

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

1908  On this day in history john Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record)  

1909  On this day in history 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 July - 24 edward Ford, registrat Order of Merit  

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

1913  George H Brown, film producer on this day in history.  

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

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

1915  On July - 24 frank Thistlethwaite, vice chancellor (University of East Anglia)  

1916  Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band) on this day in history.  

1917  On July - 24 john Hillaby, writer/traveller  

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

1918  Ruggiero Ricci, SF Calif, composer/violinist (Paganini) on July - 24.  

1919  Race Riot in Washington DC (6 killed, 100 wounded) on July - 24.  

1919  The birth of Peter Yates, British director on this day in history.  

1920  On this day in history alexander H Cohen, NYC, Broadway producer (Beyond the Fringe)  

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 July - 24.  

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1380  On this day in history birth of johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint  

1660  Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718) was born on July - 24.  

1686  On this day in history birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]  

1720  Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik was born on this day in history.  

1725  On July - 24 birth of john Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)  

1738  On July - 24 birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)  

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

1759  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born on this day in history.  

1115  On July - 24 death of matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)  

1240  On this day in history death of konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights  

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

1568  On July - 24 death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)  

1594  Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on July - 24.  

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

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on this day in history.  

1739  On July - 24 benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday