Page 9: Historical Events In May - 24

1979  Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar on May - 24.   

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

1979  On this day in history jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies   

1980  On May - 24 "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56   

1980  On May - 24 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 May - 24.   

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

1981  Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indianapolis 500 on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain   

1981  On this day in history george Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83   

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

1983  Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students on this day in history.   

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

1985  "View to a Kill" premieres in US on this day in history.   

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  On May - 24 margaret Thatcher becomes first British PM to visit Israel   

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

1986  Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1 on May - 24.   

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

1986  Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1 on May - 24.   

1987  On May - 24 al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indianapolis 500   

1987  Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1988  On May - 24 john Moschitta set record for fast talking 586 words per minute   

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

1988  On this day in history power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals   

1988  On May - 24 james "Hamish" Hamilton, Brit publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at 87   

1988  On this day in history john Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute   

1989  On this day in history "Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade" premieres   

1989  AC Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona on this day in history.   

1989  French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice on May - 24.   

1989  On May - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1650  On May - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 May - 24.   

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

1612  On May - 24 robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48