Page 7: Historical Events In May - 24

1940  1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1) on May - 24.   

1941  On this day in history bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive   

1941  The birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 24 the German battleship Bismarck sinks the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic   

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 this day in history.   

1943  U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje on May - 24.   

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

1943  On May - 24 vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84   

1944  Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists on this day in history.   

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 May - 24.   

1948  The USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78   

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  Willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63   

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

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  On May - 24 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  On May - 24 guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74   

1957  On this day in history anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan   

1957  On May - 24 heavy earthquake strikes Colombia   

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

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

1958  UP & International News Service merge into United Press International on May - 24.   

1959  Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England on this day in history.   

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

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

1960  1 millionth Dutch telephone installed on this day in history.   

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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 May - 24.   

1605  On this day in history birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

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

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

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

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

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

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

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  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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