Page 7: Historical Events In May - 24

1940  On May - 24 1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)   

1941  On May - 24 bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive   

1941  The birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 24 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  Admiral Dönitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean on May - 24.   

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 this day in history vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84   

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

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

1944  On May - 24 major John Keefer Mahony (The Westminister Regiment(Motor)) wins the Victoria Cross at the Melfa River, Italy   

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

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

1948  On May - 24 alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78   

1951  Racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal on May - 24.   

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

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

1954  German airline Lufthansa forms on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history 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  On May - 24 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  On this day in history anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan   

1957  On May - 24 heavy earthquake strikes Colombia   

1958  President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion on this day in history.   

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

1958  UP & International News Service merge into United Press International on this day in history.   

1959  Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England on this day in history.   

1959  The first house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA) on May - 24.   

1959  On May - 24 john Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71   

1960  On May - 24 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.   

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

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.   

1610  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

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

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

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

1671  On May - 24 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  David I, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.   

1351  On this day in history death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

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 this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

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

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