Page 4: Historical Events In April - 24

1899  On this day in history transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid   

1900  On this day in history passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer   

1900  George J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 on April - 24.   

1901  On April - 24 1st AL game, Chic beats Cleve Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out   

1903  Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange) on April - 24.   

1904  Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light) on this day in history.   

1904  Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on April - 24.   

1905  On this day in history 1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 & 28)   

1905  Robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men) on April - 24.   

1907  Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened on April - 24.   

1907  On April - 24 vaclav Trojan, composer   

1908  On April - 24 mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become the first to travel across the US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m   

1908  Mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m on April - 24.   

1908  On this day in history heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets)   

1909  Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds on April - 24.   

1909  On this day in history bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany)   

1910  German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms on April - 24.   

1911  Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly) on this day in history.   

1912  Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history the skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened.   

1914  Bernard Caulfield, judge on April - 24.   

1915  On this day in history lt. Edward Donald Bellew (Cdn. 7th Cdn Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium   

1915  On this day in history massacre of Armenians by Turks   

1915  On this day in history sgt-Major Frederick William Hall Cdn. (8th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium   

1915  On April - 24 german army fires chloroform gas in Ieper   

1916  Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins on April - 24.   

1916  Stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man) on this day in history.   

1917  Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history len Creed, bookmaker   

1917  Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies on April - 24.   

1920  On this day in history british Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years)   

1921  1st municipal elections for men & women in Belgium on April - 24.   

1921  On April - 24 laci Boldemann, composer   

1922  J D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory) on this day in history.   

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

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  On April - 24 birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

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

1670  On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

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 this day in history.   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on this day in history.   

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 April - 24.   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.   

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