Historical Events In May - 24

1940  1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1) on this day in history.  

1941  Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive on May - 24.  

1941  On May - 24 the birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter  

1941  The German battleship Bismarck sinks the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic on this day in history.  

1941  On May - 24 lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle  

1943  On this day in history admiral Dönitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean  

1943  On this day in history u-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje  

1943  Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean on May - 24.  

1943  Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1944  Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists on this day in history.  

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1944  On May - 24 icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark  

1944  Major John Keefer Mahony (The Westminister Regiment(Motor)) wins the Victoria Cross at the Melfa River, Italy on this day in history.  

1946  On May - 24 transjordan (now known as Jordan) becomes a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch  

1948  On this day in history the USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West  

1948  On this day in history alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78  

1951  On May - 24 racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal  

1951  On May - 24 uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)  

1951  Willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants on this day in history.  

1953  On this day in history cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63  

1954  Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes first black to head an AMA unit on May - 24.  

1954  On this day in history german airline Lufthansa forms  

1954  IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour on May - 24.  

1954  On this day in history the first rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands NM  

1956  On this day in history 2,500th anniversary of the death of Buddha celebrated in India  

1956  Guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74 on May - 24.  

1957  Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan on May - 24.  

1957  Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia on May - 24.  

1958  On this day in history president Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion  

1958  On May - 24 united Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service  

1958  On May - 24 uP & International News Service merge into United Press International  

1959  On May - 24 empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England  

1959  On May - 24 the first house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA)  

1959  John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1960  1 millionth Dutch telephone installed on this day in history.  

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1522  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)  

1544  On this day in history birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)  

1605  On this day in history birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church  

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.  

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.  

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter  

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on this day in history.  

1671  On this day in history birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)  

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.  

1153  On May - 24 david I, King of Scotland, dies  

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on May - 24.  

1408  On May - 24 death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)  

1425  On this day in history death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)  

1456  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)  

1543  On May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland  

1612  On May - 24 robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48