Page 8: Historical Events In May - 24

1961  On May - 24 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS   

1961  On this day in history explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit   

1961  U S President Kennedy asks the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade on May - 24.   

1962  M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history the first Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely   

1963  Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history 18th Tony Awards Luther & Hello Dolly win   

1964  On this day in history beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan   

1964  Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history 18th Tony Awards: Luther & Hello Dolly win   

1965  Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 24 "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances   

1968  On this day in history haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days   

1968  On May - 24 mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession   

1968  President De Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse on May - 24.   

1968  The Gateway Arch, located in St Louis, Missouri, is dedicated on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75   

1969  Beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks on May - 24.   

1969  The birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 24 mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48   

1970  Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult on this day in history.   

1971  A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard on this day in history.   

1972  Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 24 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1972  On this day in history asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88   

1974  On this day in history dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV   

1974  Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75 on this day in history.   

1975  Dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain some F-16's on May - 24.   

1975  Soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4 on May - 24.   

1976  Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1976  The first commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC) on May - 24.   

1976  Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1977  USSR President Podgorny resigns on May - 24.   

1978  Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect on this day in history.   

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

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 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 this day in history death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.   

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