Historical Events In April - 24
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1856 Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) on this day in history.
1863 On April - 24 skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid)
1864 George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20) on this day in history.
1865 Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF) on this day in history.
1866 Victoria BC is connected to British Columbia mainland via cable and telegraph on April - 24.
1867 On April - 24 black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Va streetcars
1867 On this day in history in Manhattan, Kansas a 5.1 quake is the largest historical earthquake in Kansas.
1867 On April - 24 fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)
1872 On April - 24 volcano Vesuvius erupts
1873 Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president on this day in history.
1874 On this day in history john Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)
1875 On this day in history jeno Huszka, composer
1875 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1877 On April - 24 last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans)
1877 Charles Cuvillier, composer on this day in history.
1880 On this day in history amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England
1880 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England & Wales, is founded in Oxford, England on this day in history.
1883 On this day in history 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair
1883 Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30] on this day in history.
1884 National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta) on April - 24.
1886 On this day in history kurt Pinthus, writer
1888 On April - 24 eastman Kodak forms
1889 On April - 24 [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45)
1891 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem" on April - 24.
1891 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.
1892 On this day in history jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack)
1893 Robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance) on this day in history.
1894 French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18 on this day in history.
1895 Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat on this day in history.
1895 On April - 24 s Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner
1897 The first journalist to be named White House news reporter was William Price, who began working the prestigious beat for the "Washington Star" this day on April - 24.
1897 1st reporter, William Price (Wash Star), assigned to White House on April - 24.
1897 Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797) on April - 24.
1898 Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba on this day in history.
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