Page 8: Historical Events In May - 24

1961  On May - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

1963  On this day in history the first Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely   

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

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

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

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

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

1965  On May - 24 supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional   

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

1968  On this day in history haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days   

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

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

1969  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona on May - 24.   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 24.   

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

1974  Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV on May - 24.   

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

1976  Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on May - 24.   

1976  The first commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC) on this day in history.   

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

1977  On this day in history uSSR President Podgorny resigns   

1978  Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect on this day in history.   

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

1544  On May - 24 birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

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

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

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

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on this day in history.   

1671  On May - 24 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  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 this day in history.   

1425  On May - 24 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 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.