| April 24th 1888 | | Eastman Kodak forms
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| April 24th 1891 | | Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem"
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| April 24th 1894 | | Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs Bkln Dodgers
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| April 24th 1894 | | French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18
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| April 24th 1895 | | Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat
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| April 24th 1897 | | 1st reporter, William Price (Wash Star), assigned to White House
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| April 24th 1898 | | Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
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| April 24th 1898 | | US fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines
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| April 24th 1899 | | Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid
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| April 24th 1900 | | Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer
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| April 24th 1901 | | 1st AL game, Chic beats Cleve Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out
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| April 24th 1905 | | Senators execute a triple-play & beat Yankees 4-3
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| April 24th 1905 | | 1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 & 28)
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| April 24th 1908 | | Mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m
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| April 24th 1909 | | Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds
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