Page 3: Historical Events In April - 24

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

1863  Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid) on April - 24.   

1864  George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20) on April - 24.   

1865  Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF) on this day in history.   

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 April - 24 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  John Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial) on April - 24.   

1875  On April - 24 jeno Huszka, composer   

1875  On April - 24 jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58   

1877  On this day in history last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans)   

1877  On this day in history charles Cuvillier, composer   

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

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

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

1883  Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30] on this day in history.   

1884  National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta) on April - 24.   

1886  Kurt Pinthus, writer on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history eastman Kodak forms   

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

1891  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem" on April - 24.   

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

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

1893  Robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance) on April - 24.   

1894  French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18 on this day in history.   

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

1895  On this day in history s Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner   

1897  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 on this day in history.   

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

1897  On April - 24 benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)   

1898  Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba on April - 24.   

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1533  On April - 24 birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

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

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

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

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.   

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

1077  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on April - 24.   

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

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.   

1617  On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered