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

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

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

1964  On May - 24 18th Tony Awards: Luther & Hello Dolly win   

1965  On this day in history supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional   

1966  On this day in history "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 May - 24 mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession   

1968  On this day in history president De Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse   

1968  On May - 24 the Gateway Arch, located in St Louis, Missouri, is dedicated   

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 this day in history.   

1969  On May - 24 the birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader   

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

1970  On this day in history peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult   

1971  On this day in history a commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard   

1972  On this day in history glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona   

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  On May - 24 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  On this day in history soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4   

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

1976  On this day in history the first commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC)   

1976  Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62 on May - 24.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on this day in history.   

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

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.   

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

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

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.   

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on May - 24.   

1408  On May - 24 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  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

1543  On May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

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