Page 7: 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  The birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter on May - 24.   

1941  On this day in history the German battleship Bismarck sinks the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic   

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

1943  On May - 24 admiral Dönitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean   

1943  On May - 24 u-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje   

1943  On May - 24 admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean   

1943  On May - 24 vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84   

1944  On this day in history enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists   

1944  Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark on May - 24.   

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

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

1948  The USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West on this day in history.   

1948  Alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78 on May - 24.   

1951  On this day in history racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal   

1951  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on May - 24.   

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

1953  Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63 on May - 24.   

1954  On May - 24 dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes first black to head an AMA unit   

1954  On this day in history german airline Lufthansa forms   

1954  On May - 24 iBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour   

1954  The first rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands NM on May - 24.   

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

1956  On this day in history guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74   

1957  Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history heavy earthquake strikes Colombia   

1958  On May - 24 president Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion   

1958  On this day in history 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 May - 24.   

1960  1 millionth Dutch telephone installed on May - 24.   

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1522  On this day in history birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.   

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

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.   

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  On May - 24 birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  On May - 24 birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

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

1144  On this day in history petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

1153  On this day in history david I, King of Scotland, dies   

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

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on May - 24.   

1425  On May - 24 death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

1543  On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on this day in history.