Page 6: Historical Events In April - 24

1944  On this day in history 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump"   

1945  On April - 24 a new commissioner of baseball was named. He was Albert B.’ Happy’ Chandler.   

1945  On April - 24 albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner   

1945  Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47 on April - 24.   

1946  On this day in history 11 players Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, & McGinnity are named to Hall of Fame   

1948  Joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84 on April - 24.   

1949  On April - 24 dick Powell starred in " Richard Diamond, Private Detective" on NBC radio.   

1949  3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman & Kiss Me Kate win on April - 24.   

1950  "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 320 performances on this day in history.   

1951  Canadian troops defend Kapyong Valley in Korea against two-day Chinese attack; suffer 10 dead, 23 wounded on this day in history.   

1951  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open on April - 24.   

1952  First shipment of oil from Alberta arrives in Ontario by pipeline and lake freighter, and they still do not like the price on April - 24.   

1952  On this day in history raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the " Gruen Guild Playhouse" in an episode titled, " The Tiger"   

1952  On this day in history hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57   

1953  British PM Winston Churchill knighted by the Queen on this day in history.   

1953  Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on April - 24.   

1954  " Billboard" magazine, the music industry trade publication, headlined a change to come about in the music biz. The headline read, "Teenagers Demand Music with a Beat -- Spur Rhythm and Blues" . Within a year, R&B music by both black and white artists caught the public’ s fancy on April - 24.   

1954  On April - 24 the first American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina   

1954  On April - 24 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina   

1955  " X-Minus One", a show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC radio this day on this day in history.   

1955  Conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends on April - 24.   

1955  Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79 on April - 24.   

1956  On April - 24 aL ump Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game   

1956  On April - 24 albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72   

1957  Asteroid #3648 discovered on this day in history.   

1957  Chic Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning on April - 24.   

1957  Andries CD de Graeff, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1926-31), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2   

1959  "Your Hit Parade" ended after a nine-year run on television and many more years on radio. The show debuted in on April - 24.   

1959  On April - 24 neth Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier)   

1959  On April - 24 jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72   

1960  In Southern Iran a 6.0 earthquake resulted in 420 killed, 3,000 injured, and $20 million property damage at Kourdeh and Lar on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history 14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker & Fiorello! win   

1960  On this day in history john P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84   

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on April - 24.   

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

1581  On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

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

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1706  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

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

0709  On April - 24 wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

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

1077  On April - 24 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  On April - 24 death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

1530  On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

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