Historical Events In May - 24

1895  Playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight   

1895  On this day in history h S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI)   

1895  Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on May - 24.   

1898  On May - 24 kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando)   

1899  The first auto repair shop opens in Boston on this day in history.   

1899  On May - 24 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)   

1899  On this day in history suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)   

1900  Australians cross Vaal River in South Africa on May - 24.   

1900  Britain annexes Orange Free State on this day in history.   

1900  34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼ on May - 24.   

1901  Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales on this day in history.   

1902  Empire Day first celebrated in Britain on this day in history.   

1902  On May - 24 empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain   

1903  Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth) on May - 24.   

1904  On this day in history george Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It)   

1905  39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 on this day in history.   

1905  Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965) on May - 24.   

1906  On May - 24 edmund Sargant, solicitor   

1908  On May - 24 belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election   

1908  On May - 24 kresimir Fribec, composer   

1909  Bristol University granted Royal Charter on this day in history.   

1909  Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca) on this day in history.   

1910  On May - 24 margers Zarins, composer   

1912  On May - 24 joan Hammond, British operatic soprano   

1913  Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936) on May - 24.   

1914  On May - 24 clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt)   

1915  On this day in history enemy Contracts Annulment Act   

1915  Formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 24 italy declares war on Austria-Hungary   

1915  Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations on this day in history.   

1916  On May - 24 conscription begins in Britain   

1916  On May - 24 french driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured   

1916  Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname on May - 24.   

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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 May - 24.   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on this day in history.   

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

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

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

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 May - 24.   

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  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on May - 24.   

1408  On this day in history 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  On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

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