Historical Events In May - 24

1961  27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS on this day in history.   

1961  Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history u S President Kennedy asks the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade   

1962  On May - 24 m Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit   

1963  The first Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely on May - 24.   

1963  On May - 24 elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack   

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

1964  Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan on May - 24.   

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 May - 24.   

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

1968  On May - 24 haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days   

1968  On this day in history mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession   

1968  On May - 24 president De Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse   

1968  On this day in history the Gateway Arch, located in St Louis, Missouri, is dedicated   

1968  Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75 on May - 24.   

1969  On May - 24 beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks   

1969  The birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader on May - 24.   

1969  Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48 on May - 24.   

1970  Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult on May - 24.   

1971  A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard on May - 24.   

1972  Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona on May - 24.   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 24.   

1972  Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88 on May - 24.   

1974  Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4   

1976  On May - 24 muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

1976  On May - 24 the first commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC)   

1976  On May - 24 henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62   

1977  USSR President Podgorny resigns on this day in history.   

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

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1522  On this day in history birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on May - 24.   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.   

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

1619  On May - 24 birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

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

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on May - 24.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1456  On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

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

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