Page 9: Historical Events In May - 24

1979  On this day in history billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar   

1979  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on May - 24.   

1979  On May - 24 jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies   

1980  "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history iran rejects a call by the World Court in The Hague to release the American hostages   

1980  Stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2 on this day in history.   

1980  Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2 on May - 24.   

1981  On May - 24 bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indianapolis 500   

1981  Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain on this day in history.   

1981  George Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83 on May - 24.   

1983  On May - 24 fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria   

1983  On May - 24 supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students   

1983  On this day in history the Brooklyn Bridge, linking the New York boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, opens to traffic   

1985  On May - 24 "View to a Kill" premieres in US   

1985  Cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die on this day in history.   

1986  Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy Mahl on this day in history.   

1986  Margaret Thatcher becomes first British PM to visit Israel on May - 24.   

1986  On May - 24 reginald Huffstetler treds water for 985 hours   

1986  On this day in history stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1   

1986  On May - 24 gunnar Bjornstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76   

1986  On May - 24 stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1   

1987  Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indianapolis 500 on this day in history.   

1987  Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89 on May - 24.   

1988  John Moschitta set record for fast talking 586 words per minute on this day in history.   

1988  On May - 24 porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe   

1988  On May - 24 power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals   

1988  On this day in history james "Hamish" Hamilton, Brit publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at 87   

1988  John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute on May - 24.   

1989  On May - 24 "Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade" premieres   

1989  AC Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona on May - 24.   

1989  On May - 24 french war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice   

1989  On this day in history nHL's New York Rangers fire general manager & coach Phil Esposito   

1989  Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack on May - 24.   

1989  Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72 on May - 24.   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.   

1544  On May - 24 birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

1605  On this day in history 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 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  On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)   

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on May - 24.   

1153  On this day in history david I, King of Scotland, dies   

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

1408  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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