Page 8: Historical Events In May - 24

1961  On May - 24 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS   

1961  Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on this day in history.   

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

1962  M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit on May - 24.   

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

1963  Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack on this day in history.   

1964  18th Tony Awards Luther & Hello Dolly win on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan   

1964  On May - 24 panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300   

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

1965  On May - 24 supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional   

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

1968  On this day in history haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days   

1968  Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession on May - 24.   

1968  On May - 24 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 May - 24 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 May - 24 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 this day in history.   

1971  On May - 24 a commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard   

1972  On May - 24 glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona   

1972  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1972  Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1974  On May - 24 dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV   

1974  On May - 24 duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75   

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

1975  On this day in history soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4   

1976  Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on May - 24.   

1976  On May - 24 the first commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC)   

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

1977  On this day in history uSSR President Podgorny resigns   

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

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1522  On this day in history 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  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  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 May - 24.   

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

1456  On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

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

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