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 this day in history.   

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

1964  Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan on May - 24.   

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

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

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

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 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  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  Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history uSSR President Podgorny resigns   

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 May - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 May - 24.   

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

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.