Page 7: Historical Events In May - 24

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

1941  Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 24 the birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter   

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

1941  On May - 24 lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle   

1943  Admiral Dönitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean on May - 24.   

1943  On this day in history u-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje   

1943  On this day in history admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean   

1943  Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84 on May - 24.   

1944  On May - 24 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 May - 24.   

1946  Transjordan (now known as Jordan) becomes a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history the USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West   

1948  On May - 24 alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78   

1951  On May - 24 racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal   

1951  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

1951  Willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants on May - 24.   

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

1954  On this day in history dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes first black to head an AMA unit   

1954  On May - 24 german airline Lufthansa forms   

1954  IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history the first rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands NM   

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  On this day in history anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan   

1957  On this day in history heavy earthquake strikes Colombia   

1958  President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion on May - 24.   

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 May - 24 empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England   

1959  The first house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA) on this day in history.   

1959  On May - 24 john Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71   

1960  On this day in history 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed   

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

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

1605  On May - 24 birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

1610  On May - 24 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  On this day in history birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)   

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

1153  On May - 24 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 May - 24 death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

1543  On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

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