Page 4: Historical Events In June - 24

1861  Battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries.   

1863  Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac.   

1866  2nd Battle at Custozza: Prussian-Austria beats Italian army   

1873  Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer.   

1877  Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer (Iveren)   

1879  Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer   

1880  inaugural performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français   

1881  200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico.   

1882  NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty.   

1882  Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60.   

1884  John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention.   

1885  British government of Salisbury forms.   

1888  Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavillion).   

1891  Irving Pichel, Pitts PA, actor/director (Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist).   

1891  Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer, dies at 80   

1894  Decision to begin modern Olympics every 4 years.   

1894  Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years.   

1894  M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56.   

1895  Jack Dempsey, "Manassa Mauler", heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26)   

1897  Hail injures 26 in Topeka Kansas.   

1898  American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba.   

1899  Bruce Marshall, writer   

1900  Dutch Social-Democratic Worker's party and Socialistenbond merge   

1900  Memphis Minnie, rocker.   

1901  Picasso displays his work for the very inaugural time.   

1901  1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris.   

1901  Harry Partch, Oakland Calif, composer (Oedipus)   

1902  King Edward VII develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation   

1903  Russia prohibits meetings dealing with Zionist.   

1903  Ernest Leslie Bouts, motor-racing driver   

1904  Kurt Kusenberg, German writer (Wein Auf Lebenszeit).   

1906  Pierre Fournier, Paris France, violon cellist (Paris Conservatoire).   

1907  Jose de Lima Siquiera, composer   

1908  Yanks replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost pct of any Yankee mgr 27-71 (.276)   

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1244  Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308) was born on this day in history.   

1322  Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry) was born on this day in history.   

1343  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)   

1386  On this day in history birth of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)   

1485  Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558) was born on June - 24.   

1499  Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)   

1533  Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth was born on this day in history.   

0803  Death of Higbald of Lindisfarne on this day in history.   

1398  Death of Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) on June - 24.   

1439  On June - 24 death of duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)   

1475  On this day in history albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54   

1519  Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history death of hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)   

1572  Death of Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged on this day in history.   

1604  Death of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550) on June - 24.