Page 8: Historical Events In May - 24

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

1961  On May - 24 explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit   

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

1962  On this day in history m Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit   

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  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  On May - 24 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  On this day in history haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days   

1968  Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession on May - 24.   

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 May - 24.   

1968  On May - 24 bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75   

1969  Beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history the birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader   

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

1970  Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult on May - 24.   

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

1972  Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona on this day in history.   

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

1972  Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88 on May - 24.   

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

1974  Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75 on May - 24.   

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 May - 24.   

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

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  On May - 24 uSSR President Podgorny resigns   

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

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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 May - 24.   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.   

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

1619  On May - 24 birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.   

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

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