Historical Events In April - 24

1944  On April - 24 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump"   

1945  A new commissioner of baseball was named. He was Albert B.’ Happy’ Chandler on this day in history.   

1945  Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner on this day in history.   

1945  On April - 24 anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47   

1946  On this day in history 11 players Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, & McGinnity are named to Hall of Fame   

1948  On this day in history joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84   

1949  Dick Powell starred in " Richard Diamond, Private Detective" on NBC radio on this day in history.   

1949  On April - 24 3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman & Kiss Me Kate win   

1950  "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 320 performances on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history canadian troops defend Kapyong Valley in Korea against two-day Chinese attack; suffer 10 dead, 23 wounded.   

1951  On April - 24 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open   

1952  First shipment of oil from Alberta arrives in Ontario by pipeline and lake freighter, and they still do not like the price on this day in history.   

1952  Raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the " Gruen Guild Playhouse" in an episode titled, " The Tiger" on April - 24.   

1952  Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history british PM Winston Churchill knighted by the Queen   

1953  Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on this day in history.   

1954  " Billboard" magazine, the music industry trade publication, headlined a change to come about in the music biz. The headline read, "Teenagers Demand Music with a Beat -- Spur Rhythm and Blues" . Within a year, R&B music by both black and white artists caught the public’ s fancy on April - 24.   

1954  The first American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina on this day in history.   

1954  1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina on April - 24.   

1955  On this day in history " X-Minus One", a show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC radio this day.   

1955  On this day in history conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends   

1955  Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1956  AL ump Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game on April - 24.   

1956  Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1957  Asteroid #3648 discovered on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history chic Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning   

1957  On this day in history andries CD de Graeff, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1926-31), dies at 84   

1958  On April - 24 lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2   

1959  "Your Hit Parade" ended after a nine-year run on television and many more years on radio. The show debuted in on April - 24.   

1959  On April - 24 neth Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier)   

1959  On April - 24 jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72   

1960  In Southern Iran a 6.0 earthquake resulted in 420 killed, 3,000 injured, and $20 million property damage at Kourdeh and Lar on April - 24.   

1960  14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker & Fiorello! win on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history john P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84   

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1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

1620  On April - 24 birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

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

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on April - 24.   

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

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.   

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 April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.   

1617  On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered