Page 7: Historical Events In May - 24

1940  On May - 24 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 May - 24.   

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

1941  On May - 24 the German battleship Bismarck sinks the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic   

1941  On May - 24 lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle   

1943  Admiral Dönitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

1943  U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje on May - 24.   

1943  Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean on May - 24.   

1943  On this day in history 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 May - 24 icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark   

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

1946  On May - 24 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 May - 24 racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal   

1951  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)   

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 May - 24.   

1954  German airline Lufthansa forms on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1957  Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan on this day in history.   

1957  Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia on this day in history.   

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

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

1958  On May - 24 uP & International News Service merge into United Press International   

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

1959  On May - 24 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 May - 24.   

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  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  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  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 May - 24.   

1144  On May - 24 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  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  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on May - 24.   

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