April 24
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April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). There are 251 days remaining.
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Events
- 1184 BC - Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional).
- 1704 - The first regular newspaper in the United States, the Boston, Massachusetts New-Letter, is published.
- 1800 - The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
- 1862 - American Civil War: A flotilla commanded by Union Admiral David Farragut passes two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River on its way to capture New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1863 - The Keyesville Massacre: a massacre of 53 Native American men from the Tehachapi tribe in Keyesville, California.
- 1898 - Spanish-American War: Spain declares war on the United States.
- 1913 - The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City was opened.
- 1915 - Armenian Genocide: The Ottoman Government began their genocidal campaign to annihilate the Armenian people of Anatolia.
- 1916 - Easter Uprising begins: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalist Patrick Pearse start a rebellion in Ireland.
- 1940 - World War II: Operation Demon – The United Kingdom begins evacuating Greece.
- 1953 - Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
- 1955 - Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemned colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
- 1961 - The 17th century Swedish ship Vasa is salvaged.
- 1963- Marriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus James Bruce Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1964 - Mexico becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1967 - Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1.
- 1967 - Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily."
- 1968 - Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.
- 1970 - The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched.
- 1970 - The Gambia becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth, with Dawda Jawara as the first President.
- 1975 - The Baader-Meinhof Gang blow up the West German embassy in Stockholm.
- 1980 - Eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempted to end the Iran hostage crisis.
- 1981 - The first IBM PC is introduced.
- 1982 - In Harrogate, United Kingdom, Nicole wins the twenty-seventh Eurovision Song Contest for Germany singing "Ein bißchen Frieden" (A little bit of peace).
- 1984 - Apple Computer unveils its Apple IIc portable computer.
- 1990 - STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery.
- 1990 - Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of anthrax after 48 years of quarantine.
- 1991 - Freddie Stowers is awarded the posthumous Medal of Honor for which he had been recommended in 1918.
- 1993 - An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of City of London.
- 1994 - The world's largest lollipop weighing 3,011 pounds (1,366 kg) is made in Denmark
- 1995 - The last Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 rolls off the assembly line.
- 1996 - In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is introduced.
- 2004 - US lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
- 2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
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Births
- 1533 - William I of Orange (d. 1584)
- 1718 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)
- 1815 - Anthony Trollope, English novelist (d. 1882)
- 1856 - Henri Philippe Pétain, French soldier and statesman (d. 1951)
- 1876 - Erich Raeder, German]] naval commander (d. 1960)
- 1878 - Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)
- 1882 - Hugh Dowding, Scottish fighter pilot (d. 1970)
- 1889 - Sir Stafford Cripps, British politician (d. 1952)
- 1896 - Benjamin Whorf, American linguist (d. 1941)
- 1897 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)
- 1899 - Oscar Zariski, mathematician (d. 1986)
- 1904 - Willem de Kooning, Dutch painter (d. 1997)
- 1905 - Robert Penn Warren, American poet, Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1989)
- 1906 - William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)
- 1907 - William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d. 1988)
- 1914 - Justin Wilson, American humorist, celebrity chef, and writer (d. 2001)
- 1914 - William Castle, director, producer (d. 1977)
- 1916 - Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1922 - J.D. Cannon, American actor
- 1924 - Sir Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician
- 1926 - Thorbjörn Fälldin, Prime Minister of Sweden
- 1927 - Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 - Jerome Callet, musician
- 1930 - Richard Donner, director and producer
- 1934 - Shirley MacLaine, American actress and author
- 1936 - Jill Ireland, British actress (d. 1990)
- 1937 - Joe Henderson Tenor saxophone legend
- 1940 - Sue Grafton, author
- 1941 - John Williams, Australian guitarist
- 1942 - Richard M. Daley, politician
- 1942 - Barbra Streisand, singer, actress, and director
- 1952 - Jean-Paul Gaultier, fashion designer
- 1953 - Eric Bogosian, actor, writer
- 1954 - Mumia Abu-Jamal, journalist and political activist
- 1960 - Paula Yates, British television presenter (d. 2000)
- 1962 - Jeff Minter, computer games programmer
- 1963 - Tony Blackplait, musician, director, and writer
- 1964 - Cedric the Entertainer, comedian and actor
- 1964 - Djimon Hounsou, actor
- 1968 - Stacy Haiduk, actress
- 1972 - Chipper Jones, baseball player
- 1973 - Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricket player
- 1977 - Carlos Beltran, baseball player
- 1982 - Kelly Clarkson, singer, winner of the first American Idol competition
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Deaths
- 624 - Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1342 - Pope Benedict XII (b. 1285)
- 1731 - Daniel Defoe, English writer (b. 1660)
- 1736 - Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)
- 1924 - G. Stanley Hall, psychologist (b. 1844)
- 1938 - George Grey Barnard, sculptor (b. 1863)
- 1942 - Lucy Maude Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
- 1947 - Willa Cather, American writer (b. 1873)
- 1965 - Louise Dresser, actress (b. 1878)
- 1967 - Vladimir Komarov, cosmonaut (b. 1927)
- 1974 - Bud Abbott, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)
- 1980 - Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (b. 1904)
- 1982 - Ville Ritola, Finnish athlete (b. 1896)
- 1986 - Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor (b. 1896)
- 1993 - Oliver Tambo, South AFrican activist, politician
- 1997 - Pat Paulsen, American comedian, politician
- 1997 - Eugene Stoner, American engineer, military designer
- 2001 - Al Hibbler, American singer
- 2004 - Estée Lauder, cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1906)
- 2005 - Ezer Weizman, President of Israel (b. 1924)
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Holidays and observances
- Easter Sunday 1791, 1859, 2011.
- Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
- Republic Day in the Gambia (1970)
- The feast day of the following in the Roman Catholic Church:
- Saint Egbert of Northumbria
- Fidelis of Sigmaringen
- Honorius
- Deodatus
- Bova and Doda
- Wilfrid of York
- William Firmat
- Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
- 24-hour comics day
- World Day for Laboratory Animals Link http://www.animalaid.org.uk/news/2005/0504wdla.htm
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External links
- BBC: On This Day (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/24)
- Today in History: April 24 (http://www.tnl.net/when/4/24)
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