Page 9: Historical Events In May - 24

1979  Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar on this day in history.   

1979  On May - 24 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1979  Jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies on May - 24.   

1980  "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56 on May - 24.   

1980  Iran rejects a call by the World Court in The Hague to release the American hostages on May - 24.   

1980  On May - 24 stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2   

1980  On this day in history stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2   

1981  Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indianapolis 500 on this day in history.   

1981  Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain on May - 24.   

1981  On May - 24 george Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83   

1983  On this day in history fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria   

1983  Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students on this day in history.   

1983  The Brooklyn Bridge, linking the New York boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, opens to traffic on this day in history.   

1985  "View to a Kill" premieres in US on this day in history.   

1985  Cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die on this day in history.   

1986  Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy Mahl on May - 24.   

1986  Margaret Thatcher becomes first British PM to visit Israel on May - 24.   

1986  Reginald Huffstetler treds water for 985 hours on this day in history.   

1986  Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1 on this day in history.   

1986  Gunnar Bjornstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76 on May - 24.   

1986  Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indianapolis 500   

1987  On May - 24 hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89   

1988  On May - 24 john Moschitta set record for fast talking 586 words per minute   

1988  On May - 24 porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe   

1988  Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals on May - 24.   

1988  On May - 24 james "Hamish" Hamilton, Brit publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at 87   

1988  John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute on May - 24.   

1989  "Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade" premieres on this day in history.   

1989  AC Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona on May - 24.   

1989  French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice on May - 24.   

1989  On May - 24 nHL's New York Rangers fire general manager & coach Phil Esposito   

1989  Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack on this day in history.   

1989  Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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1522  On this day in history 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  On May - 24 birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

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

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

1619  On this day in history 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 this day in history petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.   

1351  On May - 24 death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  On May - 24 death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

1425  On this day in history death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on May - 24.   

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