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  Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF) on April - 24.   

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

1867  On April - 24 black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Va streetcars   

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

1867  On this day in history fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)   

1872  On this day in history volcano Vesuvius erupts   

1873  On April - 24 theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president   

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

1875  On this day in history jeno Huszka, composer   

1875  On April - 24 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  Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England on this day in history.   

1880  Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England & Wales, is founded in Oxford, England on this day in history.   

1883  28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair on this day in history.   

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

1884  National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta) on April - 24.   

1886  Kurt Pinthus, writer on April - 24.   

1888  On April - 24 eastman Kodak forms   

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

1891  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem" on this day in history.   

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  Robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance) on this day in history.   

1894  French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18 on April - 24.   

1895  Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat on April - 24.   

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

1897  On April - 24 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  1st reporter, William Price (Wash Star), assigned to White House on this day in history.   

1897  Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797) on April - 24.   

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

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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 April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

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

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

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

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.   

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on this day in history.   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

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

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

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