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).
- 1061 - Halley's Comet spotted.
- 1704 - The first regular newspaper in the United States, the Boston, Massachusetts New-Letter, is published.
- 1792 - "La Marseillaise" (French national anthem) is composed.
- 1800 - The United States Library of Congress established.
- 1814 - British troops burn Washington, DC
- 1846 - The beginning of the Mexican-American War.
- 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 - Woolworth Building opening ceremony.
- 1915 - The Armenian Genocide begins
- 1916 - Easter Uprising in Ireland
- 1925 - John Scopes taught Darwin's theory of evolution, leading to the Scopes monkey trial.
- 1940 - World War II: Operation Demon: The United Kingdom begins evacuating Greece
- 1961 - The salvage of the famous Swedish ship HMS Wasa
- 1963- Marriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus James Bruce Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1967 - Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1
- 1968 - Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations
- 1970 - The first Chinese satellite is launched.
- 1970 - The Gambia becomes a republic
- 1975 - The Baader-Meinhof Gang blow up the West German embassy in Stockholm
- 1980 - An American attempt to rescue the American hostages held in Tehran ends with eight American servicemen dead and no hostages freed
- 1981 - Introduction of the first IBM PC.
- 1984 - Apple Computer unveils its Apple IIc portable computer
- 1990 - The Hubble space telescope is launched by Space Shuttle Discovery
- 1990 - Gruinard island is officially declared free of anthrax after 48 years of quarantine
- 1993 - An IRA bomb devastates City of London
- 1996 - United States: The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is introduced
Births
- 1533 - William I of Orange, Dutch uprise leader and national "father" († 1584)
- 1815 - Anthony Trollope, English novelist († 1882)
- 1856 - [[Henri Philippe P�tain]], French soldier and statesman († 1951)
- 1873 - Theodor K�rner, general and politician († 1957)
- 1876 - Erich Raeder, commander in chief of the German navy
- 1878 - Jean Crotti, Swiss artist († 1958)
- 1882 - Hugh Dowding, Scottish fighter pilot († 1970)
- 1883 - Jaroslav Hasek, Czech author († 1923)
- 1889 - Sir Stafford Cripps, British politician († 1952)
- 1896 - Benjamin Whorf, American linguist († 1941)
- 1904 - Willem de Kooning, Dutch painter († 1997)
- 1905 - Robert Penn Warren, writer, Pulitzer Prize winner, first American Poet Laureate († 1989)
- 1906 - William Joyce, Irish-British fascist propagandist, writer and traitor († 1946)
- 1914 - Justin Wilson, Cajun humorist, chef, writer (+ 2001)
- 1914 - William Castle, director, producer († 1977)
- 1924 - Sir Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality and politician
- 1926 - [[Thorbj�rn F�lldin]], Prime Minister of Sweden
- 1930 - Jerome Callet, musician
- 1930 - Richard Donner, director, producer
- 1934 - Shirley MacLaine, actress and author
- 1940 - Sue Grafton, author
- 1942 - Richard M. Daley, politician
- 1942 - Barbra Streisand, singer, actress, director
- 1952 - Jean-Paul Gaultier, fashion designer
- 1953 - Eric Bogosian, actor, writer
- 1954 - Jerry Seinfeld, actor, comedian
- 1954 - Mumia Abu-Jamal, journalist and political activist
- 1962 - Jeff Minter, computer games programmer
- 1964 - Cedric the Entertainer, comedian, actor
- 1964 - Djimon Hounsou, actor
- 1973 - Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricket player
- 1982 - Kelly Clarkson, singer, winner of the first American Idol competition
Deaths
- 1731 - Daniel Defoe, English writer (* circa 1660)
- 1736 - Eugene of Savoy, French-Austrian general (* 1663)
- 1924 - Granville Stanley Hall, psychologist (* 1844)
- 1938 - George Grey Barnard, sculptor (* 1863)
- 1942 - Lucy Maude Montgomery, Canadian author (* 1874)
- 1947 - Willa Cather, writer (* 1873)
- 1965 - Louise Dresser, actress
- 1967 - Vladimir Komarov, cosmonaut on Soyuz 1 (* 1927)
- 1974 - Bud Abbott, actor, comedian (* 1895)
- 1982 - Ville Ritola, Finnish athlete (* 1896)
- 1986 - Wallis Simpson, mistress and wife of The Duke of Windsor (* 1896)
Holidays and observances
See Also:
April 23 - April 25 - March 24 - May 24 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "April 24" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_24 December 19, 2003
