Page 5: Historical Events In May - 24

1895  Playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison on May - 24.   

1895  Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight on this day in history.   

1895  On May - 24 h S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI)   

1895  Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando)   

1899  The first auto repair shop opens in Boston on May - 24.   

1899  On May - 24 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)   

1899  On May - 24 suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)   

1900  On May - 24 australians cross Vaal River in South Africa   

1900  Britain annexes Orange Free State on May - 24.   

1900  34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼ on May - 24.   

1901  On this day in history seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.   

1902  On May - 24 empire Day first celebrated in Britain   

1902  Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain on May - 24.   

1903  On this day in history aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth)   

1904  George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It) on this day in history.   

1905  39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 on May - 24.   

1905  Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965) on May - 24.   

1906  On this day in history edmund Sargant, solicitor   

1908  On this day in history belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election   

1908  Kresimir Fribec, composer on May - 24.   

1909  On this day in history bristol University granted Royal Charter   

1909  Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca) on this day in history.   

1910  On May - 24 margers Zarins, composer   

1912  On May - 24 joan Hammond, British operatic soprano   

1913  On May - 24 audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936)   

1914  Clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt) on May - 24.   

1915  On May - 24 enemy Contracts Annulment Act   

1915  On this day in history formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried   

1915  On this day in history italy declares war on Austria-Hungary   

1915  Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations on May - 24.   

1916  On May - 24 conscription begins in Britain   

1916  On May - 24 french driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured   

1916  Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname on May - 24.   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1619  On May - 24 birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  On this day in history birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1144  On May - 24 petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.   

1351  On May - 24 death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  On this day in history death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

1425  On May - 24 death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on this day in history.   

1612  On May - 24 robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48