Historical Events In April - 24

1899  Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid on April - 24.   

1900  On April - 24 passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer   

1900  On this day in history george J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76   

1901  1st AL game, Chic beats Cleve Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)   

1904  Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light) on April - 24.   

1904  Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1907  Vaclav Trojan, composer on April - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1908  Heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets) on April - 24.   

1909  Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds on this day in history.   

1909  Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany) on this day in history.   

1910  German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms on this day in history.   

1911  Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly) on April - 24.   

1912  Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 on April - 24.   

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

1914  Bernard Caulfield, judge on April - 24.   

1915  Lt. Edward Donald Bellew (Cdn. 7th Cdn Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium on April - 24.   

1915  Massacre of Armenians by Turks on this day in history.   

1915  On April - 24 sgt-Major Frederick William Hall Cdn. (8th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium   

1915  German army fires chloroform gas in Ieper on April - 24.   

1916  On April - 24 easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins   

1916  On this day in history stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man)   

1917  On April - 24 yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway   

1917  Len Creed, bookmaker on this day in history.   

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

1920  British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years) on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history 1st municipal elections for men & women in Belgium   

1921  On April - 24 laci Boldemann, composer   

1922  On April - 24 j D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory)   

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

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

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on April - 24.   

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

1706  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

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  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on this day in history.   

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

1338  On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

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 this day in history.