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Birthday May 24, 1544 William Gilbert, pioneer researcher into magnetism |
Birthday May 24, 1743 Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionist |
Birthday May 24, 1816 Emanuel Leutze, American painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware) |
Birthday May 24, 1819 Queen Victoria, (1837-1901) |
Birthday May 24, 1895 Samuel I. Newhouse, American millionaire publisher |
Birthday May 24, 1905 Mikhail Sholokhov, novelist (And Quiet Flows the Don) (Nobel 1965) |
Birthday May 24, 1909 Wilbur Mills, former U.S. congressman |
Birthday May 24, 1914 Lilli Palmer, German Actress (The Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weimar) |
Birthday May 24, 1918 Coleman Young, civil rights leader |
Birthday May 24, 1923 Siobhan McKenna, Irish stage Actress (Saint Joan) |
Birthday May 24, 1932 Elaine Malbin, opera singer |
Birthday May 24, 1934 Mayor Jane Byrne, of Chicago |
Birthday May 24, 1940 Joseph Brodsky is born |
Birthday May 24, 1941 Bob Dylan, in Minnesota, Folk Singer Robert Zimmerman |
Birthday May 24, 1943 Gary Burghoff, M*A*S*H |
Birthday May 24, 1944 Patti Labelle |
Birthday May 24, 1945 Priscilla Presley, wife of Elvis |
History May 24, 1543 Copernicus allegedly sees 1st copy of DE REVOLUTIONIBUS & dies |
History May 24, 1543 Copernicus dies |
History May 24, 1689 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants |
History May 24, 1775 John Hancock becomes president of Congress |
History May 24, 1797 Thomas Jefferson inquires about a former flame |
History May 24, 1822 at Battle of Pichincha - Bol¡var secures independence of Quito |
History May 24, 1844 Samual FB Morse taps out "What Hath God Wrought" |
History May 24, 1844 What hath God wrought? |
History May 24, 1863 Henry Plummer is elected sheriff of Bannack, Montana |
History May 24, 1864 Battle of North Anna continues |
History May 24, 1866 Berkeley named (for George Berkeley - Bishop of Cloyne) |
History May 24, 1883 Bkln Bridge opened by Pres Arthur & Gov Cleveland |
History May 24, 1899 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) |
History May 24, 1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (South Africa) |
History May 24, 1917 British naval convoy system introduced |
History May 24, 1918 Cleveland beats Yankees 3-2 in 19 inning |
History May 24, 1931 1st air-conditioned train installed - B&O Railroad |
History May 24, 1935 1st major league night baseball game - in Cincinnati (vs Phila) |
History May 24, 1935 MLB holds first night game |
History May 24, 1936 Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs) Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times safely Yanks beat A's 25-2 |
History May 24, 1941 The Bismarck sinks the Hood |
History May 24, 1941 HMS Hood sunk by German battleship Bismarck |
History May 24, 1943 Auschwitz gets a new doctor: the Angel of Death |
History May 24, 1946 Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager |
History May 24, 1954 1st rocket to exceed 150 mile altitude - White Sands - NM |
History May 24, 1959 John Foster Dulles dies |
History May 24, 1959 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited - Pleasant Hills - Pa |
History May 24, 1962 M Scott Carpenter & Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit |
History May 24, 1964 Beatles third appearance on Ed Sullivan |
History May 24, 1964 Riot erupts at soccer match |
History May 24, 1964 Goldwater suggests using atomic weapons |
History May 24, 1971 Soldiers place controversial ad in antiwar newspaper |
History May 24, 1974 Duke Ellington dies |
History May 24, 1975 Soyuz 18B is launched |
History May 24, 1980 Flyers 4-Isles 5 (OT)- Stanley Cup- Isles win cup 4-2 (15-6) |
History May 24, 1989 sex, lies and videotape wins top prize at Cannes |
History May 24, 1989 Lori Ann Auker disappears from a parking lot |
History May 24, 1991 Thelma and Louise, featuring 1966 Ford Thunderbird, released |