Page 8: Historical Events In May - 24

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

1961  On this day in history explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit   

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  On May - 24 m Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit   

1963  On May - 24 the first Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely   

1963  On this day in history 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 May - 24.   

1964  On May - 24 panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300   

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

1965  Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional on May - 24.   

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 May - 24.   

1968  On May - 24 the Gateway Arch, located in St Louis, Missouri, is dedicated   

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

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 May - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1974  On this day in history 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 May - 24.   

1975  On May - 24 soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4   

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

1976  On May - 24 the first commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC)   

1976  On this day in history henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62   

1977  On May - 24 uSSR President Podgorny resigns   

1978  On this day in history 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  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1616  On May - 24 birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

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

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

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

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on May - 24.   

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  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  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

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.