Page 8: Historical Events In May - 24

1961  27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 24 explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit   

1961  U S President Kennedy asks the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade on May - 24.   

1962  On this day in history m Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit   

1963  On May - 24 the first Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely   

1963  On May - 24 elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack   

1964  On May - 24 18th Tony Awards Luther & Hello Dolly win   

1964  Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan on May - 24.   

1964  Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 on May - 24.   

1964  On May - 24 18th Tony Awards: Luther & Hello Dolly win   

1965  Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional on May - 24.   

1966  "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 24 haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days   

1968  On May - 24 mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession   

1968  On this day in history president De Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse   

1968  The Gateway Arch, located in St Louis, Missouri, is dedicated on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75   

1969  On May - 24 beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks   

1969  On this day in history the birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader   

1969  On May - 24 mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48   

1970  Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult on May - 24.   

1971  On this day in history a commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard   

1972  Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona on May - 24.   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 24.   

1972  Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88 on May - 24.   

1974  Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

1974  Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75 on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 24 dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain some F-16's   

1975  On May - 24 soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4   

1976  On this day in history muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

1976  The first commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC) on this day in history.   

1976  Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1977  USSR President Podgorny resigns on this day in history.   

1978  Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect on this day in history.   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 24.   

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

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

1543  On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on May - 24.