Page 7: Historical Events In May - 24

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1941  Lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle on May - 24.   

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

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

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

1943  Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

1944  On this day in history icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark   

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  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  On this day in history racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal   

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

1951  On this day in history willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants   

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

1954  Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes first black to head an AMA unit on this day in history.   

1954  German airline Lufthansa forms on this day in history.   

1954  IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour on May - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1957  On May - 24 anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan   

1957  Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia on this day in history.   

1958  President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history 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 May - 24.   

1959  The first house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA) on May - 24.   

1959  John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71 on May - 24.   

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

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

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  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on this day in history.   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1144  On this day in history 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  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

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

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