Page 6: Historical Events In April - 24

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

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

1945  On this day in history albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner   

1945  On this day in history anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47   

1946  On April - 24 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 this day in history.   

1949  Dick Powell starred in " Richard Diamond, Private Detective" on NBC radio on this day in history.   

1949  3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman & Kiss Me Kate win on this day in history.   

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

1951  Canadian troops defend Kapyong Valley in Korea against two-day Chinese attack; suffer 10 dead, 23 wounded on April - 24.   

1951  On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open   

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 April - 24 raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the " Gruen Guild Playhouse" in an episode titled, " The Tiger"   

1952  Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79   

1956  AL ump Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72   

1957  On April - 24 asteroid #3648 discovered   

1957  On this day in history 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  On April - 24 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  Neth Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier) on April - 24.   

1959  On this day in history 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 April - 24.   

1960  On April - 24 14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker & Fiorello! win   

1960  On April - 24 john P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84   

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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 April - 24.   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on April - 24.   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  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  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 this day in history.