Page 4: Historical Events In April - 24

1899  Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid on April - 24.   

1900  Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer on April - 24.   

1900  On April - 24 george J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76   

1901  1st AL game, Chic beats Cleve Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out on this day in history.   

1903  On April - 24 jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)   

1904  Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light) on April - 24.   

1904  Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on April - 24.   

1905  1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 & 28) on April - 24.   

1905  On this day in history robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men)   

1907  Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened on April - 24.   

1907  On April - 24 vaclav Trojan, composer   

1908  On this day in history mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become the first to travel across the US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m   

1908  Mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets)   

1909  Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds on this day in history.   

1909  On April - 24 bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany)   

1910  German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly)   

1912  On April - 24 justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81   

1913  The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened on April - 24.   

1914  Bernard Caulfield, judge on this day in history.   

1915  On April - 24 lt. Edward Donald Bellew (Cdn. 7th Cdn Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium   

1915  Massacre of Armenians by Turks on April - 24.   

1915  On this day in history sgt-Major Frederick William Hall Cdn. (8th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium   

1915  On this day in history german army fires chloroform gas in Ieper   

1916  Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins on April - 24.   

1916  On April - 24 stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man)   

1917  Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway on April - 24.   

1917  Len Creed, bookmaker on this day in history.   

1917  On April - 24 oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies   

1920  British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years) on April - 24.   

1921  On this day in history 1st municipal elections for men & women in Belgium   

1921  On this day in history laci Boldemann, composer   

1922  J D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory) on this day in history.   

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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  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

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

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  On April - 24 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 April - 24.   

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.