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 this day in history.   

1899  1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼   

1901  On May - 24 seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.   

1902  Empire Day first celebrated in Britain on May - 24.   

1902  On May - 24 empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain   

1903  Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth) on this day in history.   

1904  George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It) on May - 24.   

1905  On this day in history 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08   

1905  On this day in history mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)   

1906  Edmund Sargant, solicitor on this day in history.   

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

1908  On this day in history kresimir Fribec, composer   

1909  Bristol University granted Royal Charter on May - 24.   

1909  On this day in history guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)   

1910  Margers Zarins, composer on May - 24.   

1912  On this day in history joan Hammond, British operatic soprano   

1913  On this day in history audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936)   

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

1915  Enemy Contracts Annulment Act on this day in history.   

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

1915  On May - 24 italy declares war on Austria-Hungary   

1915  Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations on this day in history.   

1916  On May - 24 conscription begins in Britain   

1916  On this day in history french driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured   

1916  Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname on this day in history.   

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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  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.   

1616  On May - 24 birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

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

1650  On May - 24 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  On May - 24 petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

1153  On this day in history david I, King of Scotland, dies   

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 this day in history death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

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

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