Page 8: Historical Events In May - 24

1961  27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS on this day in history.   

1961  Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on May - 24.   

1961  On May - 24 u S President Kennedy asks the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade   

1962  M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit on May - 24.   

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

1963  Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack on this day in history.   

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

1964  Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan on this day in history.   

1964  Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 on May - 24.   

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

1965  On this day in history supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional   

1966  On May - 24 "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances   

1968  Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days on May - 24.   

1968  On May - 24 mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession   

1968  On May - 24 president De Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse   

1968  The Gateway Arch, located in St Louis, Missouri, is dedicated on May - 24.   

1968  On this day in history bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75   

1969  Beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks on May - 24.   

1969  The birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader on this day in history.   

1969  Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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

1971  On this day in history a commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard   

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 this day in history asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88   

1974  Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75   

1975  On this day in history dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain some F-16's   

1975  Soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

1976  On this day in history 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  On this day in history dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect   

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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  On May - 24 birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

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

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

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

1650  On this day in history birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on May - 24.   

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