Historical Events In May - 24

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

1941  On this day in history bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive   

1941  On May - 24 the birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter   

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 this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists   

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

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

1948  Alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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 May - 24.   

1953  On this day in history cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63   

1954  On May - 24 dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes first black to head an AMA unit   

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  2,500th anniversary of the death of Buddha celebrated in India on May - 24.   

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

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

1957  Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia on May - 24.   

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

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

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  The first house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA) on this day in history.   

1959  On May - 24 john Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71   

1960  1 millionth Dutch telephone installed on May - 24.   

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

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1616  On May - 24 birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  On May - 24 birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  On May - 24 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  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on May - 24.   

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

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  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  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