Historical Events In May - 24

1940  1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1) on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 24 bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive   

1941  The birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter on May - 24.   

1941  The German battleship Bismarck sinks the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic on May - 24.   

1941  On this day in history lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle   

1943  Admiral Dönitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

1943  U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 24 admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean   

1943  On this day in history vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84   

1944  On this day in history enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists   

1944  Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark on this day in history.   

1944  Major John Keefer Mahony (The Westminister Regiment(Motor)) wins the Victoria Cross at the Melfa River, Italy on this day in history.   

1946  On May - 24 transjordan (now known as Jordan) becomes a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch   

1948  On May - 24 the USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West   

1948  Alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1951  Racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal on May - 24.   

1951  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on May - 24.   

1951  On May - 24 willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants   

1953  Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1954  Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes first black to head an AMA unit on May - 24.   

1954  On this day in history german airline Lufthansa forms   

1954  On this day in history iBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour   

1954  The first rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands NM on May - 24.   

1956  On this day in history 2,500th anniversary of the death of Buddha celebrated in India   

1956  Guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74 on May - 24.   

1957  Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan on this day in history.   

1957  Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history president Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion   

1958  United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service on May - 24.   

1958  On this day in history uP & International News Service merge into United Press International   

1959  On this day in history empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England   

1959  On May - 24 the first house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA)   

1959  John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1960  1 millionth Dutch telephone installed 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 this day in history.   

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

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.   

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on May - 24.   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

1671  On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)   

1144  On this day in history petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

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

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on May - 24.   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on May - 24.   

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on May - 24.   

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