Page 5: 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  Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight on May - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1899  On this day in history the first auto repair shop opens in Boston   

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

1899  On this day in history suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)   

1900  Australians cross Vaal River in South Africa on May - 24.   

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  On this day in history empire Day first celebrated in Britain   

1902  On this day in history empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain   

1903  Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth) on this day in history.   

1904  George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It) on May - 24.   

1905  39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 on May - 24.   

1905  On May - 24 mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)   

1906  On May - 24 edmund Sargant, solicitor   

1908  Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history kresimir Fribec, composer   

1909  On this day in history bristol University granted Royal Charter   

1909  On May - 24 guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)   

1910  Margers Zarins, composer on this day in history.   

1912  Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano on this day in history.   

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

1914  On May - 24 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 May - 24.   

1915  On this day in history italy declares war on Austria-Hungary   

1915  Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations on this day in history.   

1916  Conscription begins in Britain on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history french driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured   

1916  Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname on this day in history.   

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1522  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

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 this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.   

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  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on May - 24.   

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on May - 24.   

1153  On May - 24 david I, King of Scotland, dies   

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on this day in history.   

1425  On this day in history death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on this day in history.   

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