Historical Events In May - 24

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

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

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

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 May - 24.   

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

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

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

1964  On this day in history panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300   

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

1965  Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional on this day in history.   

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

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

1968  Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession on this day in history.   

1968  President De Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse on May - 24.   

1968  On this day in history the Gateway Arch, located in St Louis, Missouri, is dedicated   

1968  Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks   

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 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 this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona   

1972  On May - 24 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1974  On May - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

1976  Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1976  The first commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC) on May - 24.   

1976  On May - 24 henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62   

1977  USSR President Podgorny resigns on this day in history.   

1978  On May - 24 dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect   

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1522  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  On this day in history birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on this day in history.   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 24 petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

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  On this day in history death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on May - 24.   

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  On May - 24 robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48