Hisdates•ComPage 6: Historical Events In April - 24
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1944 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump" on this day in history. 
1945 On this day in history a new commissioner of baseball was named. He was Albert B.’ Happy’ Chandler.
1945 Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner on April - 24.
1945 Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47 on April - 24.
1946 On this day in history 11 players Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, & McGinnity are named to Hall of Fame
1948 Joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84 on April - 24.
1949 Dick Powell starred in " Richard Diamond, Private Detective" on NBC radio on April - 24.
1949 On this day in history 3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman & Kiss Me Kate win
1950 "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 320 performances on this day in history.
1951 On April - 24 canadian troops defend Kapyong Valley in Korea against two-day Chinese attack; suffer 10 dead, 23 wounded.
1951 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open on this day in history.
1952 First shipment of oil from Alberta arrives in Ontario by pipeline and lake freighter, and they still do not like the price on April - 24.
1952 On April - 24 raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the " Gruen Guild Playhouse" in an episode titled, " The Tiger"
1952 On April - 24 hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57
1953 On April - 24 british PM Winston Churchill knighted by the Queen
1953 Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on this day in history.
1954 " Billboard" magazine, the music industry trade publication, headlined a change to come about in the music biz. The headline read, "Teenagers Demand Music with a Beat -- Spur Rhythm and Blues" . Within a year, R&B music by both black and white artists caught the public’ s fancy on April - 24.
1954 The first American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina on this day in history.
1954 On April - 24 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina
1955 On this day in history " X-Minus One", a show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC radio this day.
1955 On this day in history conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends
1955 On April - 24 alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79
1956 On this day in history aL ump Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game
1956 Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72 on April - 24.
1957 On April - 24 asteroid #3648 discovered
1957 Chic Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning on this day in history.
1957 On April - 24 andries CD de Graeff, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1926-31), dies at 84
1958 Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2 on April - 24.
1959 On this day in history "Your Hit Parade" ended after a nine-year run on television and many more years on radio. The show debuted in
1959 Neth Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier) on April - 24.
1959 On this day in history jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72
1960 In Southern Iran a 6.0 earthquake resulted in 420 killed, 3,000 injured, and $20 million property damage at Kourdeh and Lar on this day in history.
1960 On April - 24 14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker & Fiorello! win
1960 On April - 24 john P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84
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