Page 3: Historical Events In April - 24

1856  On this day in history henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)   

1863  On April - 24 skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid)   

1864  George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20) on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF)   

1866  Victoria BC is connected to British Columbia mainland via cable and telegraph on this day in history.   

1867  Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Va streetcars on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history in Manhattan, Kansas a 5.1 quake is the largest historical earthquake in Kansas.   

1867  On this day in history fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)   

1872  On April - 24 volcano Vesuvius erupts   

1873  On April - 24 theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president   

1874  On this day in history john Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)   

1875  On April - 24 jeno Huszka, composer   

1875  Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 on April - 24.   

1877  On April - 24 last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans)   

1877  On this day in history charles Cuvillier, composer   

1880  On this day in history amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England   

1880  Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England & Wales, is founded in Oxford, England on this day in history.   

1883  28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair on April - 24.   

1883  Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30] on April - 24.   

1884  On this day in history national Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta)   

1886  On April - 24 kurt Pinthus, writer   

1888  Eastman Kodak forms on April - 24.   

1889  On April - 24 [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45)   

1891  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem" on this day in history.   

1891  On April - 24 count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies   

1892  Jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack) on this day in history.   

1893  On April - 24 robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance)   

1894  French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18 on April - 24.   

1895  Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat on April - 24.   

1895  On April - 24 s Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner   

1897  On this day in history the first journalist to be named White House news reporter was William Price, who began working the prestigious beat for the "Washington Star" this day.   

1897  On April - 24 1st reporter, William Price (Wash Star), assigned to White House   

1897  On this day in history benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)   

1898  Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba on this day in history.   

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on April - 24.   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.   

1581  On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on April - 24.   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on April - 24.   

0624  On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  On this day in history death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.   

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.