Page 4: Historical Events In July - 24

1898  On this day in history amelia Earhart, US aviator (1st woman to solo Atlantic)   

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

1900  On July - 24 race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed   

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

1900  On this day in history 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 this day in history trumper a century before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England   

1902  Hans Chemin-Petit, composer on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history robert Mills Delaney, composer   

1904  James R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59) on this day in history.   

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

1907  On this day in history hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario   

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  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 this day in history 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  Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, 852 die on July - 24.   

1915  Frank Thistlethwaite, vice chancellor (University of East Anglia) on July - 24.   

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

1917  On this day in history john Hillaby, writer/traveller   

1918  On July - 24 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 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  On July - 24 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 this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history allied Powers & Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1115  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered   

1568  Death of Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545) on this day in history.   

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

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

1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies on July - 24.   

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