Historical Events In May - 24

1940  1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1) on this day in history.   

1941  Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive on May - 24.   

1941  On May - 24 the birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter   

1941  The German battleship Bismarck sinks the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 24 lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle   

1943  Admiral Dönitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean on May - 24.   

1943  U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje on this day in history.   

1943  Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

1943  Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 24 enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists   

1944  On May - 24 icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark   

1944  On May - 24 major John Keefer Mahony (The Westminister Regiment(Motor)) wins the Victoria Cross at the Melfa River, Italy   

1946  On May - 24 transjordan (now known as Jordan) becomes a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch   

1948  On this day in history the USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West   

1948  Alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78 on May - 24.   

1951  On this day in history racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal   

1951  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on May - 24.   

1951  On May - 24 willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants   

1953  Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1954  On May - 24 dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes first black to head an AMA unit   

1954  German airline Lufthansa forms on May - 24.   

1954  On May - 24 iBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour   

1954  The first rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands NM on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 24 2,500th anniversary of the death of Buddha celebrated in India   

1956  Guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74 on May - 24.   

1957  Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan on May - 24.   

1957  On May - 24 heavy earthquake strikes Colombia   

1958  President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion on May - 24.   

1958  On May - 24 united Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service   

1958  UP & International News Service merge into United Press International on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England   

1959  On this day in history the first house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA)   

1959  On this day in history john Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71   

1960  On May - 24 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed   

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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 May - 24 birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

1671  On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)   

1144  On May - 24 petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

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