Page 3: Historical Events In April - 24

1856  On April - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1867  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1872  On April - 24 volcano Vesuvius erupts   

1873  On this day in history theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president   

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

1875  Jeno Huszka, composer on April - 24.   

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  Charles Cuvillier, composer on this day in history.   

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 April - 24.   

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

1883  Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30] on April - 24.   

1884  National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta) on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history kurt Pinthus, writer   

1888  On April - 24 eastman Kodak forms   

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

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 April - 24.   

1892  Jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack) on April - 24.   

1893  On this day in history robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance)   

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

1895  On April - 24 joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat   

1895  S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner on April - 24.   

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 April - 24 1st reporter, William Price (Wash Star), assigned to White House   

1897  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.   

1581  On April - 24 birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

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

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.   

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

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.   

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

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on April - 24.   

1338  On April - 24 death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

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

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