April 24

April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). There are 251 days remaining.

Contents

1 Events

2 Births

3 Deaths

4 Holidays and observances

5 External links

Events

1184 BC - Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional).
1066 - Halley's Comet spotted.
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".
1846 - The beginning of the Mexican-American War.
1862 - American Civil War: A flotilla commanded by Union Admiral David Farragut pases 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.
1908 - Ralph DePalma makes his racing debut at the Briarcliff Trophy Race in Westchester, New York.
1913 - Woolworth Building opening ceremony.
1915 - The Ottoman Government began their genocidal campaign to annihilate the Armenians of Anatolia.
1916 - Easter Uprising begins: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalist Patrick Pearse start a rebellion in Ireland.
1922 - In Australia, Colin Ross is hanged for the rape and murder of 13-year-old Alma Tirtsche .
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.
1953 - Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
1955 - Bandung Conference ends: 29 "non-aligned" nations finish a meeting that condemned colonialism, racism, and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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.
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 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.
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 - 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 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 ago as a 'reward' for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
2005 - Cardinal Joseph Alois Ratzinger of Germany becomes Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, taking on the name Benedict XVI.