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Historical Events In May - 24

Friday, 29 March 2024

1940  1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On this day in history bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On this day in history the birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On this day in history the German battleship Bismarck sinks the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On May - 24 lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Admiral Dönitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On May - 24 u-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84 on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On this day in history enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Major John Keefer Mahony (The Westminister Regiment(Motor)) wins the Victoria Cross at the Melfa River, Italy on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  On this day in history transjordan (now known as Jordan) becomes a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  The USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On this day in history alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  Racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  On May - 24 willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1953  Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63 on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  On May - 24 dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes first black to head an AMA unit  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  On May - 24 german airline Lufthansa forms  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  On this day in history the first rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands NM  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  2,500th anniversary of the death of Buddha celebrated in India on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  On May - 24 guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  On May - 24 heavy earthquake strikes Colombia  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  On this day in history united Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  UP & International News Service merge into United Press International on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  On this day in history empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  On May - 24 the first house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  On May - 24 john Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  1 millionth Dutch telephone installed on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 24

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1522  On this day in history birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1544  On this day in history birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1605  On May - 24 birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1610  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 24

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1351  On May - 24 death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on May - 24.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1456  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1543  On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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