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Thursday, 03 July 2025
1944 On this day in history 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump" 
1945 On this day in history a new commissioner of baseball was named. He was Albert B.’ Happy’ Chandler.
1945 Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner on April - 24.
1945 On this day in history anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47
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 Dick Powell starred in " Richard Diamond, Private Detective" on NBC radio on April - 24.
1949 3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman & Kiss Me Kate win on this day in history.
1950 "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 320 performances on April - 24.
1951 On April - 24 canadian troops defend Kapyong Valley in Korea against two-day Chinese attack; suffer 10 dead, 23 wounded.
1951 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open on April - 24.
1952 On this day in history first shipment of oil from Alberta arrives in Ontario by pipeline and lake freighter, and they still do not like the price
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 On April - 24 winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
1954 On this day in history " 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.
1954 The first American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina on this day in history.
1954 On April - 24 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina
1955 On April - 24 " X-Minus One", a show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC radio this day.
1955 Conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends on April - 24.
1955 On April - 24 alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79
1956 On April - 24 aL ump Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game
1956 Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1957 On this day in history asteroid #3648 discovered
1957 On April - 24 chic Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning
1957 Andries CD de Graeff, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1926-31), dies at 84 on April - 24.
1958 Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2 on this day in history.
1959 On April - 24 "Your Hit Parade" ended after a nine-year run on television and many more years on radio. The show debuted in
1959 On this day in history neth Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier)
1959 Jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72 on April - 24.
1960 On April - 24 in Southern Iran a 6.0 earthquake resulted in 420 killed, 3,000 injured, and $20 million property damage at Kourdeh and Lar.
1960 14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker & Fiorello! win on April - 24.
1960 On this day in history john P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84
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