Page 4: Historical Events In April - 24

1899  On April - 24 transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid   

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

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

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

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  On April - 24 friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77   

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

1905  Robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men) on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.   

1907  Vaclav Trojan, composer on April - 24.   

1908  On this day in history 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  On April - 24 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   

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

1909  On April - 24 harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds   

1909  On April - 24 bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany)   

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

1911  On April - 24 jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly)   

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  On April - 24 bernard Caulfield, judge   

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

1915  On this day in history german army fires chloroform gas in Ieper   

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

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

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

1917  On this day in history len Creed, bookmaker   

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

1921  Laci Boldemann, composer on this day in history.   

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  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.   

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  On this day in history 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 April - 24.   

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

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

1185  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  On April - 24 death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

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

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.