Historical Events In July - 24

1898  On this day in history amelia Earhart, US aviator (1st woman to solo Atlantic)   

1899  Chief Dan George, actor (Little Big Man) on July - 24.   

1900  On July - 24 race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed   

1900  Zelda Fitzgerald, 1st wife of F Scott on July - 24.   

1900  On July - 24 ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59   

1901  On July - 24 o. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.   

1902  Trumper a century before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history hans Chemin-Petit, composer   

1903  On this day in history robert Mills Delaney, composer   

1904  On July - 24 james R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59)   

1905  Treaty of Bjorko: Emperor Wilhelm II/czar Nicholas II on July - 24.   

1907  Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history john Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record)   

1909  Bkln Dodger Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pitts Pirates on this day in history.   

1910  On July - 24 matador Juan Belmonte (18) kills his 1st bull   

1910  On this day in history edward Ford, registrat Order of Merit   

1911  On July - 24 hiram Bingham discovers Lost City of the Incas   

1913  George H Brown, film producer on July - 24.   

1914  On July - 24 david Miles Bensuan-Butt, economist   

1915  On July - 24 excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, 852 die   

1915  Frank Thistlethwaite, vice chancellor (University of East Anglia) on July - 24.   

1916  Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band) on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history john Hillaby, writer/traveller   

1918  Sgt. Richard Charles TRAVIS, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Hebuterne, France on this day in history.   

1918  Ruggiero Ricci, SF Calif, composer/violinist (Paganini) on July - 24.   

1919  Race Riot in Washington DC (6 killed, 100 wounded) on July - 24.   

1919  On this day in history the birth of Peter Yates, British director   

1920  On July - 24 alexander H Cohen, NYC, Broadway producer (Beyond the Fringe)   

1921  Belgium's Leon Scieur wins Tour de France on July - 24.   

1922  Charles Mathias Jr, (Sen-R-MD, 1969-86) on this day in history.   

1923  Allied Powers & Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne on this day in history.   

1924  David Loram, British vice-admiral (Supreme Allied Commander) on July - 24.   

1925  On July - 24 insulin successfully used for the first time to treat a patient   

1925  Scopes guilty of teaching evolution in a Tn HS, fined $100 & costs on this day in history.   

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1380  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint was born on this day in history.   

1660  On July - 24 birth of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)   

1686  On this day in history birth of benedetto Marcello, composer [or Aug 9]   

1720  On this day in history birth of louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik   

1725  John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.   

1738  On July - 24 birth of elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart)   

1757  Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history birth of victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)   

1115  On July - 24 death of matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)   

1240  Death of Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on this day in history.   

1345  Death of Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered on July - 24.   

1568  On this day in history death of prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)   

1594  Death of John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) on July - 24.   

1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1712  On July - 24 cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies   

1739  On this day in history benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday