Page 7: Historical Events In May - 24

1940  1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1) on May - 24.   

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

1941  On this day in history the birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter   

1941  On this day in history the German battleship Bismarck sinks the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic   

1941  On this day in history lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle   

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  Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 24 vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84   

1944  Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark   

1944  On May - 24 major John Keefer Mahony (The Westminister Regiment(Motor)) wins the Victoria Cross at the Melfa River, Italy   

1946  Transjordan (now known as Jordan) becomes a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch on May - 24.   

1948  The USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West on May - 24.   

1948  On this day in history alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78   

1951  On May - 24 racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal   

1951  US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) on May - 24.   

1951  Willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants on this day in history.   

1953  Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1954  Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes first black to head an AMA unit on this day in history.   

1954  German airline Lufthansa forms on May - 24.   

1954  On this day in history iBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour   

1954  The first rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands NM on May - 24.   

1956  2,500th anniversary of the death of Buddha celebrated in India on this day in history.   

1956  Guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan   

1957  On May - 24 heavy earthquake strikes Colombia   

1958  On May - 24 president Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion   

1958  On this day in history united Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service   

1958  UP & International News Service merge into United Press International on May - 24.   

1959  On May - 24 empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England   

1959  The first house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA) on May - 24.   

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

1960  On May - 24 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed   

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

1544  On this day in history birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

1605  On this day in history birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.   

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

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

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 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  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 May - 24 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  On May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

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