Historical Events In May - 24

1961  On this day in history 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS   

1961  Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history u S President Kennedy asks the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade   

1962  On May - 24 m Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit   

1963  On May - 24 the first Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely   

1963  On this day in history elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack   

1964  18th Tony Awards Luther & Hello Dolly win on this day in history.   

1964  Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan on this day in history.   

1964  Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 on May - 24.   

1964  18th Tony Awards: Luther & Hello Dolly win on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional   

1966  On this day in history "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances   

1968  Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days on May - 24.   

1968  On May - 24 mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession   

1968  On this day in history president De Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse   

1968  The Gateway Arch, located in St Louis, Missouri, is dedicated on this day in history.   

1968  Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75 on May - 24.   

1969  Beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks on May - 24.   

1969  On May - 24 the birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader   

1969  Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48 on May - 24.   

1970  Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult on May - 24.   

1971  A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 24.   

1972  On this day in history asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88   

1974  Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV on May - 24.   

1974  On this day in history duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75   

1975  Dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain some F-16's on May - 24.   

1975  On May - 24 soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4   

1976  On May - 24 muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

1976  On this day in history the first commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC)   

1976  On May - 24 henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62   

1977  USSR President Podgorny resigns on May - 24.   

1978  Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect on May - 24.   

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

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1650  On May - 24 birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

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

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

1543  On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

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