Page 5: Historical Events In May - 24

1895  On May - 24 playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison   

1895  Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight on this day in history.   

1895  H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI) on May - 24.   

1895  Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on May - 24.   

1898  Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando) on May - 24.   

1899  The first auto repair shop opens in Boston on this day in history.   

1899  1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) on May - 24.   

1899  Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times) on May - 24.   

1900  On May - 24 australians cross Vaal River in South Africa   

1900  Britain annexes Orange Free State on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼   

1901  On May - 24 seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.   

1902  On this day in history empire Day first celebrated in Britain   

1902  Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain on this day in history.   

1903  On May - 24 aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth)   

1904  On this day in history george Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It)   

1905  39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)   

1906  Edmund Sargant, solicitor on this day in history.   

1908  On May - 24 belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election   

1908  Kresimir Fribec, composer on this day in history.   

1909  On May - 24 bristol University granted Royal Charter   

1909  On this day in history guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)   

1910  Margers Zarins, composer on May - 24.   

1912  Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano on May - 24.   

1913  Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936) on May - 24.   

1914  On May - 24 clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt)   

1915  On May - 24 enemy Contracts Annulment Act   

1915  On May - 24 formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried   

1915  Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 24 thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations   

1916  On this day in history conscription begins in Britain   

1916  French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured on this day in history.   

1916  On May - 24 last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.   

1610  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1144  On May - 24 petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.   

1351  On this day in history death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on May - 24.   

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.   

1456  On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

1543  On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

1612  On May - 24 robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48