Page 3: Historical Events In April - 24

1856  On this day in history henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)   

1863  On April - 24 skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid)   

1864  George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20) on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF)   

1866  On this day in history victoria BC is connected to British Columbia mainland via cable and telegraph.   

1867  On this day in history black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Va streetcars   

1867  On April - 24 in Manhattan, Kansas a 5.1 quake is the largest historical earthquake in Kansas.   

1867  Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death) on April - 24.   

1872  On this day in history volcano Vesuvius erupts   

1873  Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president on this day in history.   

1874  John Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial) on April - 24.   

1875  On April - 24 jeno Huszka, composer   

1875  On this day in history jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58   

1877  Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans) on April - 24.   

1877  On April - 24 charles Cuvillier, composer   

1880  On April - 24 amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England   

1880  Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England & Wales, is founded in Oxford, England on April - 24.   

1883  On April - 24 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair   

1883  On this day in history jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30]   

1884  On this day in history national Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta)   

1886  Kurt Pinthus, writer on April - 24.   

1888  Eastman Kodak forms on April - 24.   

1889  [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45) on this day in history.   

1891  On April - 24 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem"   

1891  On this day in history count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies   

1892  On this day in history jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack)   

1893  On April - 24 robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance)   

1894  On this day in history french cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18   

1895  On this day in history joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat   

1895  S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history the first journalist to be named White House news reporter was William Price, who began working the prestigious beat for the "Washington Star" this day.   

1897  On this day in history 1st reporter, William Price (Wash Star), assigned to White House   

1897  On April - 24 benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)   

1898  On this day in history spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba   

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1533  On April - 24 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 April - 24.   

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.   

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

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