Historical Events In May - 24

1895  On May - 24 playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison   

1895  Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight on May - 24.   

1895  On May - 24 h S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI)   

1895  Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1898  On May - 24 kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando)   

1899  On this day in history the first auto repair shop opens in Boston   

1899  On this day in history 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)   

1899  On this day in history suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)   

1900  Australians cross Vaal River in South Africa on May - 24.   

1900  On this day in history britain annexes Orange Free State   

1900  On this day in history 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼   

1901  On this day in history seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.   

1902  On this day in history empire Day first celebrated in Britain   

1902  On May - 24 empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain   

1903  Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth) on May - 24.   

1904  On this day in history george Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It)   

1905  39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 on this day in history.   

1905  Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965) on May - 24.   

1906  On May - 24 edmund Sargant, solicitor   

1908  Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1908  On May - 24 kresimir Fribec, composer   

1909  On this day in history bristol University granted Royal Charter   

1909  On May - 24 guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)   

1910  Margers Zarins, composer on May - 24.   

1912  On this day in history joan Hammond, British operatic soprano   

1913  On May - 24 audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936)   

1914  Clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt) on this day in history.   

1915  Enemy Contracts Annulment Act on this day in history.   

1915  Formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried on May - 24.   

1915  Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 24 thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations   

1916  On this day in history conscription begins in Britain   

1916  On this day in history french driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured   

1916  On this day in history last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname   

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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 May - 24 birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1351  On this day in history death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on May - 24.   

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on May - 24.   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on May - 24.   

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