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 April - 24 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  Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Va streetcars on this day in history.   

1867  In Manhattan, Kansas a 5.1 quake is the largest historical earthquake in Kansas on this day in history.   

1867  On April - 24 fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)   

1872  On this day in history volcano Vesuvius erupts   

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

1874  On this day in history john Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)   

1875  On April - 24 jeno Huszka, composer   

1875  Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 on April - 24.   

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 April - 24.   

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

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

1883  Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30] on this day in history.   

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

1886  On this day in history kurt Pinthus, writer   

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 this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem"   

1891  Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

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

1893  Robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance) on April - 24.   

1894  On April - 24 french cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18   

1895  Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat on this day in history.   

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

1897  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 on this day in history.   

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

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

1898  On April - 24 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 April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on April - 24.   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on April - 24.   

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 April - 24 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  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 April - 24.   

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