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 this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1979  On May - 24 jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies   

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

1980  On this day in history iran rejects a call by the World Court in The Hague to release the American hostages   

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

1980  Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2 on May - 24.   

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  George Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1983  Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria on this day in history.   

1983  On May - 24 supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students   

1983  On May - 24 the Brooklyn Bridge, linking the New York boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, opens to traffic   

1985  On May - 24 "View to a Kill" premieres in US   

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  On this day in history margaret Thatcher becomes first British PM to visit Israel   

1986  On May - 24 reginald Huffstetler treds water for 985 hours   

1986  On May - 24 stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1   

1986  On May - 24 gunnar Bjornstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76   

1986  On this day in history stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1   

1987  On May - 24 al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indianapolis 500   

1987  On this day in history 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  Porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe on May - 24.   

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

1988  On this day in history james "Hamish" Hamilton, Brit publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at 87   

1988  John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute on this day in history.   

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

1989  AC Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona on this day in history.   

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

1989  NHL's New York Rangers fire general manager & coach Phil Esposito on May - 24.   

1989  On this day in history weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack   

1989  On May - 24 herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72   

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1522  On this day in history birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

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  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1650  On May - 24 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  On this day in history 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 May - 24 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  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

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

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