Page 8: Historical Events In May - 24

1961  On this day in history 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS   

1961  On this day in history explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit   

1961  U S President Kennedy asks the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade on this day in history.   

1962  M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit on this day in history.   

1963  The first Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely on this day in history.   

1963  On May - 24 elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack   

1964  On May - 24 18th Tony Awards Luther & Hello Dolly win   

1964  On this day in history beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan   

1964  On May - 24 panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300   

1964  On this day in history 18th Tony Awards: Luther & Hello Dolly win   

1965  Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional on May - 24.   

1966  On this day in history "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances   

1968  Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession   

1968  President De Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 24 the Gateway Arch, located in St Louis, Missouri, is dedicated   

1968  Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75 on May - 24.   

1969  On May - 24 beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks   

1969  On May - 24 the birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader   

1969  Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48 on May - 24.   

1970  On May - 24 peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult   

1971  A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard on May - 24.   

1972  On May - 24 glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 24 asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88   

1974  On this day in history dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV   

1974  On May - 24 duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75   

1975  Dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain some F-16's on May - 24.   

1975  On this day in history soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4   

1976  On May - 24 muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

1976  On May - 24 the first commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC)   

1976  Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62 on May - 24.   

1977  USSR President Podgorny resigns on this day in history.   

1978  Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect on May - 24.   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1610  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

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

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

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on this day in history.   

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  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on this day in history.   

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