Page 7: Historical Events In May - 24

1940  On this day in history 1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)   

1941  Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive on this day in history.   

1941  The birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter on May - 24.   

1941  The German battleship Bismarck sinks the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic on May - 24.   

1941  Lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle on May - 24.   

1943  On this day in history admiral Dönitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean   

1943  U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 24 admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean   

1943  Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84 on May - 24.   

1944  Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists on May - 24.   

1944  Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history major John Keefer Mahony (The Westminister Regiment(Motor)) wins the Victoria Cross at the Melfa River, Italy   

1946  On this day in history transjordan (now known as Jordan) becomes a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch   

1948  On this day in history the USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West   

1948  On May - 24 alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78   

1951  On this day in history racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal   

1951  On May - 24 uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

1951  On May - 24 willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants   

1953  On May - 24 cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63   

1954  On this day in history dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes first black to head an AMA unit   

1954  German airline Lufthansa forms on this day in history.   

1954  IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour on May - 24.   

1954  The first rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands NM on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 24 2,500th anniversary of the death of Buddha celebrated in India   

1956  On this day in history guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74   

1957  On May - 24 anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan   

1957  On May - 24 heavy earthquake strikes Colombia   

1958  President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion on this day in history.   

1958  United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service on May - 24.   

1958  On this day in history uP & International News Service merge into United Press International   

1959  Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history the first house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA)   

1959  John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1960  1 millionth Dutch telephone installed 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 this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

1616  On May - 24 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 May - 24 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  David I, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.   

1351  On May - 24 death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  On this day in history death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

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

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

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on May - 24.   

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