Historical Events In April - 24

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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1533  On April - 24 birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.   

0624  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on this day in history.   

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on April - 24.   

1338  On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.   

1617  On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered