Historical Events In May - 24

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

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

1941  The birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter on May - 24.   

1941  On this day in history the German battleship Bismarck sinks the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic   

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 this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history u-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje   

1943  On May - 24 admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean   

1943  On May - 24 vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84   

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

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

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

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

1948  On May - 24 the USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West   

1948  On May - 24 alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78   

1951  Racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal on May - 24.   

1951  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

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  Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes first black to head an AMA unit on May - 24.   

1954  On May - 24 german airline Lufthansa forms   

1954  IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history the first rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands NM   

1956  On this day in history 2,500th anniversary of the death of Buddha celebrated in India   

1956  On this day in history guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74   

1957  Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan on this day in history.   

1957  On May - 24 heavy earthquake strikes Colombia   

1958  On this day in history president Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion   

1958  United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history uP & International News Service merge into United Press International   

1959  Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England on this day in history.   

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

1959  On May - 24 john Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71   

1960  1 millionth Dutch telephone installed on May - 24.   

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1522  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  On this day in history birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.   

1610  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.   

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on May - 24.