April 24

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

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 Vasa
   * 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 PŽtain, French soldier and statesman (+ 1951)
   * 1873 - Theodor Kšrner, 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
   * 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)
   * 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)

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