Historical Events In May - 24

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

1895  On this day in history henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight   

1895  H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI) on this day in history.   

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

1898  Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando) on this day in history.   

1899  On May - 24 the first auto repair shop opens in Boston   

1899  1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) on this day in history.   

1899  Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times) on this day in history.   

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

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

1900  34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼ on May - 24.   

1901  Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales on this day in history.   

1902  Empire Day first celebrated in Britain on this day in history.   

1902  On May - 24 empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain   

1903  On this day in history aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth)   

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

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

1905  Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965) on May - 24.   

1906  Edmund Sargant, solicitor on this day in history.   

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

1908  On May - 24 kresimir Fribec, composer   

1909  On this day in history bristol University granted Royal Charter   

1909  Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca) on May - 24.   

1910  Margers Zarins, composer on this day in history.   

1912  On May - 24 joan Hammond, British operatic soprano   

1913  Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936) on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt)   

1915  On this day in history enemy Contracts Annulment Act   

1915  Formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried on this day in history.   

1915  Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary on May - 24.   

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

1916  On this day in history conscription begins in Britain   

1916  On May - 24 french driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured   

1916  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

1605  On May - 24 birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

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

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

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

1650  On this day in history birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

1671  On this day in history birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)   

1144  On this day in history petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

1153  On this day in history david I, King of Scotland, dies   

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

1408  On May - 24 death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

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

1456  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

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

1612  On this day in history robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48