Page 3: Historical Events In April - 24

1856  Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) on this day in history.   

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

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

1865  On April - 24 fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF)   

1866  Victoria BC is connected to British Columbia mainland via cable and telegraph on April - 24.   

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

1872  Volcano Vesuvius erupts on April - 24.   

1873  Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president on April - 24.   

1874  On April - 24 john Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)   

1875  On this day in history jeno Huszka, composer   

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

1877  On this day in history last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans)   

1877  On April - 24 charles Cuvillier, composer   

1880  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 April - 24 national Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta)   

1886  Kurt Pinthus, writer on April - 24.   

1888  Eastman Kodak forms on April - 24.   

1889  On April - 24 [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45)   

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

1891  On April - 24 count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history 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 April - 24.   

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

1898  Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on April - 24.   

1660  On April - 24 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 this day in history.   

0624  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1617  On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered