Page 8: Historical Events In May - 24

1961  On this day in history 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS   

1961  Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on May - 24.   

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  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  On this day in history elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack   

1964  18th Tony Awards Luther & Hello Dolly win on May - 24.   

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

1964  Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 on May - 24.   

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

1965  On May - 24 supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional   

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

1968  Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days on May - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1970  On May - 24 peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult   

1971  On May - 24 a commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard   

1972  On May - 24 glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona   

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

1972  Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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

1974  On this day in history duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75   

1975  On this day in history dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain some F-16's   

1975  Soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4 on this day in history.   

1976  Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on May - 24.   

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 May - 24.   

1977  USSR President Podgorny resigns on May - 24.   

1978  On May - 24 dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect   

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

1544  On this day in history birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

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

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

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

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

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.   

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

1425  On May - 24 death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.   

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.