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May 24, 1998 Indianapolis 500 race May 24, 1997 STS 84 (Atlantis 19), lands May 24, 1997 Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful May 24, 1996 "Spy Hard," starring Leslie Nielsen is released May 24, 1994 Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash May 24, 1993 Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war May 24, 1993 Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4M settlement May 24, 1993 Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers and 5 citizens in Turkey May 24, 1992 Al Unser, Jr. wins Indy 500 May 24, 1992 Colleen Walker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic May 24, 1992 Pat Bradley wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament May 24, 1992 Despite trailing 7-1, New York Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers and then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game May 24, 1990 Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game May 24, 1990 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 May 24, 1989 "Indiana Jones and Last Crusade" premieres May 24, 1989 A. 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Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona May 24, 1989 French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice May 24, 1989 NHL's New York Rangers fire GM and coach Phil Esposito May 24, 1989 Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack May 24, 1989 New York Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season May 24, 1988 John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute May 24, 1988 Porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe May 24, 1988 Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals May 24, 1987 33rd LPGA Championship won by Jane Geddes May 24, 1987 Al Unser, Sr., 47, wins his 4th Indy 500 May 24, 1986 Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy May 24, 1986 Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British Prime Minister to visit Israel May 24, 1986 Reginald Huffstetler trode water for 985 hrs May 24, 1986 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1 May 24, 1985 "View to a Kill" premieres in US May 24, 1984 "Wiz" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 13 performances May 24, 1984 Detroit Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game May 24, 1983 Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria May 24, 1983 Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students May 24, 1981 Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain May 24, 1981 Kathy Hite wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic May 24, 1980 "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56 May 24, 1980 Iran rejects a call to World Court to release U.S. hostages May 24, 1980 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2 May 24, 1979 Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar May 24, 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. May 24, 1978 Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect May 24, 1977 U.S.S.R. President Podgorny resigns May 24, 1976 1st commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington D.C.) May 24, 1976 Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title May 24, 1975 Dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16 May 24, 1974 Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV May 24, 1972 Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona May 24, 1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 24, 1971 A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard May 24, 1970 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational May 24, 1970 Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult May 24, 1969 Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks May 24, 1968 Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days May 24, 1968 Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession May 24, 1968 President De Gaulle proposes referendum and students set fire to Paris bourse May 24, 1967 AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals May 24, 1966 "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1508 performances May 24, 1965 Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional May 24, 1964 18th Tony Awards: Luther and Hello Dolly win May 24, 1964 Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan May 24, 1964 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open Invitational May 24, 1964 Longest HR (471') in Balt Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minn) May 24, 1964 Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 May 24, 1963 1st Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely May 24, 1962 M. Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit May 24, 1961 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi May 24, 1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit May 24, 1960 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed May 24, 1959 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania May 24, 1959 Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England May 24, 1958 "New Girl in Town" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 432 performances May 24, 1958 President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion May 24, 1958 UP and International News Service merge into United Press International May 24, 1957 Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan May 24, 1957 Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia May 24, 1954 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM May 24, 1954 Dr. Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit May 24, 1954 German airline Lufthansa forms May 24, 1954 IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour May 24, 1953 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus May 24, 1951 Racial segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants ruled illegal May 24, 1951 U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) May 24, 1951 Willie Mays begins playing for New York Giants May 24, 1948 Benjamin Brittens "Beggar's Opera," premieres in Cambridge May 24, 1946 Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager May 24, 1944 Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists May 24, 1944 Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark May 24, 1943 Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean May 24, 1943 U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje May 24, 1941 Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive May 24, 1940 1st night game at New York's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1) May 24, 1940 1st night game at St. Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2) May 24, 1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio May 24, 1940 Dutch army demobilizes May 24, 1940 German tanks reach Atrecht France May 24, 1940 Hitler affirms Gen von Rundstedts "Stopbevel" May 24, 1940 New York Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds May 24, 1936 Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party 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 May 24, 1935 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1) May 24, 1935 Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX) May 24, 1934 Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia May 24, 1933 Dmitri Shostakovitch's Preludes, premieres in Moscow May 24, 1931 1st air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad May 24, 1930 1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson) May 24, 1930 Bradman scores 252* Australia vs. Surrey, 290 mins, 29 fours May 24, 1930 Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week May 24, 1929 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings May 24, 1928 Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yanks beat A's 9-7 May 24, 1928 Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole again May 24, 1926 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 m (8:25.4) May 24, 1922 Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6 degrees C) May 24, 1922 Russian-Italian trade agreement signed May 24, 1921 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected May 24, 1921 British Legion forms May 24, 1918 Cleveland beats Yankees 3-2 in 19 inning May 24, 1916 Conscription begins in Britain May 24, 1916 French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured May 24, 1916 Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname May 24, 1916 U.S. pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker May 24, 1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary May 24, 1915 Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations May 24, 1909 Bristol University granted Royal Charter May 24, 1908 Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election May 24, 1908 John Masefields "Tragedy of Nan," premieres in London May 24, 1905 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 May 24, 1902 Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain May 24, 1902 Cleve's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918 May 24, 1900 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21 May 24, 1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State May 24, 1899 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) May 24, 1895 Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight May 24, 1890 Caprivi succeeds Bismarck on as chancellor of Germany May 24, 1890 Geo Train and Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma May 24, 1890 Tivoli Theater of Varities opens in London May 24, 1887 Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants E Afr Association at East African harbors May 24, 1884 Anti-Monopoly party and Greenback Party forms People's Party in US May 24, 1883 Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur and Governor Cleveland May 24, 1881 Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die May 24, 1879 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40 May 24, 1878 CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston May 24, 1877 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45 May 24, 1873 Leo Delibes' opera "Le Roi l'a Dit," premieres in Paris May 24, 1870 Memoria of Jackson Kemper, 1st Missionary Bishop in US May 24, 1866 Berkeley, California named (for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne) May 24, 1862 Beardslee field telegraph used for 1st time May 24, 1862 Westminster Bridge across Thames opens May 24, 1861 Alexandria, Virginia occupied by Federal troops May 24, 1861 Maj Gen Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war" May 24, 1856 Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas May 24, 1854 Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by U.S. Deputy marshals in Boston May 24, 1854 Lincoln University, Penn, 1st Black college in U.S. forms by Prebyts May 24, 1846 Gen Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War May 24, 1844 Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg) May 24, 1830 "Mary Had A Little Lamb," is written May 24, 1830 1st passenger rail service in U.S. (Baltimore and Elliots Mill, Maryland) May 24, 1829 Pope Pius VIII issues his program for pontificate May 24, 1824 Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee May 24, 1822 Battle of Pichincha, Bolivar secures independence of Quito from Spain May 24, 1818 Gen Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida May 24, 1815 George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia May 24, 1809 Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war May 24, 1738 Methodist Church forms May 24, 1726 People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax May 24, 1697 English king Willem III travels through northern Europe May 24, 1689 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants May 24, 1667 French troops attack into Southern Netherlands May 24, 1660 English king Charles II visits Netherlands May 24, 1658 Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought May 24, 1653 German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria May 24, 1626 Peter Minuet buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24 May 24, 1487 Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin May 24, 1370 Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV May 24, 1300 King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured May 24, 1153 Malcolm IV becomes king of Scotland May 24, 1086 Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III |