Historical Events In May - 24

1895  On this day in history playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison   

1895  On this day in history henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight   

1895  H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI) on May - 24.   

1895  Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on May - 24.   

1898  On this day in history 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  Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times) on May - 24.   

1900  On May - 24 australians cross Vaal River in South Africa   

1900  Britain annexes Orange Free State on this day in history.   

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  Empire Day first celebrated in Britain on this day in history.   

1902  Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain on May - 24.   

1903  On this day in history aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth)   

1904  On May - 24 george Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It)   

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

1905  On this day in history mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)   

1906  Edmund Sargant, solicitor on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election   

1908  Kresimir Fribec, composer on May - 24.   

1909  Bristol University granted Royal Charter on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)   

1910  Margers Zarins, composer on this day in history.   

1912  Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano on May - 24.   

1913  Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936) on May - 24.   

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

1915  Enemy Contracts Annulment Act on May - 24.   

1915  Formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried on this day in history.   

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

1915  Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations on May - 24.   

1916  Conscription begins in Britain on May - 24.   

1916  On May - 24 french driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured   

1916  Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname on May - 24.   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on May - 24.   

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  On this day in history 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 May - 24.   

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

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

1425  On May - 24 death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

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

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