Historical Events In April - 24

1899  On April - 24 transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid   

1900  Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer on April - 24.   

1900  George J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 on April - 24.   

1901  On April - 24 1st AL game, Chic beats Cleve Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out   

1903  On this day in history jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)   

1904  On April - 24 willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)   

1904  Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history 1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 & 28)   

1905  On this day in history robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men)   

1907  Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened on April - 24.   

1907  On April - 24 vaclav Trojan, composer   

1908  Mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become the first to travel across the US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m on this day in history.   

1908  Mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m on this day in history.   

1908  Heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets) on this day in history.   

1909  Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds on this day in history.   

1909  Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany) on this day in history.   

1910  German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms on this day in history.   

1911  Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly) on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81   

1913  The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened on April - 24.   

1914  On this day in history bernard Caulfield, judge   

1915  Lt. Edward Donald Bellew (Cdn. 7th Cdn Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium on this day in history.   

1915  On April - 24 massacre of Armenians by Turks   

1915  Sgt-Major Frederick William Hall Cdn. (8th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history german army fires chloroform gas in Ieper   

1916  On this day in history easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins   

1916  On April - 24 stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man)   

1917  On this day in history yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway   

1917  Len Creed, bookmaker on April - 24.   

1917  Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on April - 24.   

1920  British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years) on this day in history.   

1921  1st municipal elections for men & women in Belgium on April - 24.   

1921  On April - 24 laci Boldemann, composer   

1922  J D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory) on this day in history.   

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.   

1581  On April - 24 birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on April - 24.   

1660  On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.   

0624  On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on this day in history.   

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  On this day in history death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.