Page 5: Historical Events In May - 24

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

1895  On this day in history henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight   

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  Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando) on this day in history.   

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

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

1899  Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times) on May - 24.   

1900  Australians cross Vaal River in South Africa on this day in history.   

1900  On May - 24 britain annexes Orange Free State   

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

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

1902  On this day in history empire Day first celebrated in Britain   

1902  On this day in history empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain   

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 this day in history.   

1905  On May - 24 mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)   

1906  On May - 24 edmund Sargant, solicitor   

1908  Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election on May - 24.   

1908  On this day in history kresimir Fribec, composer   

1909  On May - 24 bristol University granted Royal Charter   

1909  On May - 24 guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)   

1910  On this day in history margers Zarins, composer   

1912  On May - 24 joan Hammond, British operatic soprano   

1913  Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936) on May - 24.   

1914  On May - 24 clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt)   

1915  On May - 24 enemy Contracts Annulment Act   

1915  On May - 24 formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried   

1915  Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary on May - 24.   

1915  On this day in history thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations   

1916  On May - 24 conscription begins in Britain   

1916  French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.   

1544  On May - 24 birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

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

1610  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

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

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 24.   

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on May - 24.   

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.   

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

1408  On May - 24 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 this day in history.   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on May - 24.   

1612  On this day in history robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48