April 24 All Events |
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| April 24th, 2007 (April 24 2007) | Event | Iceland announces that Norway will shoulder the defense of Iceland during peacetime. | |
| April 24th, 2006 (April 24 2006) | Event | King Gyanendra of Nepal gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament that he dissolved in 2002. | |
| April 24th, 2006 (April 24 2006) | Death | Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (born in 1927) | |
| April 24th, 2006 (April 24 2006) | Death | Moshe Teitelbaum, Hassidic rabbi (born in 1914) | |
| April 24th, 2006 (April 24 2006) | Death | Brian Labone, English footballer (born in 1940) | |
| April 24th, 2005 (April 24 2005) | Event | Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI. | |
| April 24th, 2005 (April 24 2005) | Death | Ezer Weizman, President of Israel (born in 1924) | |
| April 24th, 2005 (April 24 2005) | Death | Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist (born in 1910) | |
| April 24th, 2004 (April 24 2004) | Event | The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction. | |
| April 24th, 2004 (April 24 2004) | Death | Estee Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (born in 1906) | |
| April 24th, 2001 (April 24 2001) | Death | Al Hibbler, American singer (born in 1915) | |
| April 24th, 2001 (April 24 2001) | Death | Leon Sullivan, African-American civil rights leader and pastor (born in 1922) | |
| April 24th, 1998 (April 24 1998) | Birth | Ryan Newman, American actress | |
| April 24th, 1997 (April 24 1997) | Death | Pat Paulsen, American comedian and politician (born in 1927) | |
| April 24th, 1997 (April 24 1997) | Death | Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer (born in 1922) | |
| April 24th, 1996 (April 24 1996) | Event | In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is introduced. | |
| April 24th, 1994 (April 24 1994) | Birth | Austin Rogers, American actor | |
| April 24th, 1993 (April 24 1993) | Event | The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act comes into force establishing Panchayati Raj system in India. | |
| April 24th, 1993 (April 24 1993) | Event | An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London. | |
| April 24th, 1993 (April 24 1993) | Death | Oliver Tambo, South African activist and politician (born in 1917) | |
| April 24th, 1991 (April 24 1991) | Event | Freddie Stowers is awarded the posthumous Medal of Honor for which he had been recommended in 1918. | |
| April 24th, 1991 (April 24 1991) | Birth | Ryan Phillips, Canadian musician | |
| April 24th, 1990 (April 24 1990) | Event | STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery. | |
| April 24th, 1990 (April 24 1990) | Event | Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine. | |
| April 24th, 1987 (April 24 1987) | Birth | Kristopher Letang, Canadian Hockey Player | |
| April 24th, 1986 (April 24 1986) | Death | Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor (born in 1896) | |
| April 24th, 1984 (April 24 1984) | Birth | Tyson Ritter, American musician | |
| April 24th, 1983 (April 24 1983) | Birth | Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan | Hussein of Jordan Quotes |
| April 24th, 1983 (April 24 1983) | Death | Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (born in 1943) | |
| April 24th, 1982 (April 24 1982) | Birth | Kelly Clarkson, American singer | |
| April 24th, 1982 (April 24 1982) | Death | Ville Ritola, Finnish athlete (born in 1896) | |
| April 24th, 1981 (April 24 1981) | Birth | Taylor Dent, American tennis player | |
| April 24th, 1980 (April 24 1980) | Event | Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis. | |
| April 24th, 1980 (April 24 1980) | Birth | Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer | |
| April 24th, 1980 (April 24 1980) | Birth | Austin Nichols, American actor | |
| April 24th, 1980 (April 24 1980) | Death | Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (born in 1904) | |
| April 24th, 1978 (April 24 1978) | Birth | Eric Balfour, American actor | |
| April 24th, 1978 (April 24 1978) | Birth | Kim Hyun-ju, Korean actress | |
| April 24th, 1978 (April 24 1978) | Birth | Stella Damasus Aboderin, Nigerian actress | |
| April 24th, 1977 (April 24 1977) | Birth | Siarhey Balakhonau, Belarusian writer | |
| April 24th, 1977 (April 24 1977) | Birth | Carlos Beltran, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
| April 24th, 1976 (April 24 1976) | Birth | Steve Finnan, Irish footballer | |
| April 24th, 1975 (April 24 1975) | Event | The Baader-Meinhof Gang blows up the West German embassy in Stockholm. | |
| April 24th, 1975 (April 24 1975) | Birth | Sam Doumit, American actress | |
| April 24th, 1975 (April 24 1975) | Death | Pete Ham, Welsh musician and frontman of Badfinger (born in 1947) | |
| April 24th, 1974 (April 24 1974) | Birth | Joseph Bruce, American rapper | |
| April 24th, 1974 (April 24 1974) | Birth | Kristie Krabe, American stage actress | |
| April 24th, 1974 (April 24 1974) | Birth | Derek Luke, American actor | |
| April 24th, 1974 (April 24 1974) | Birth | Eric Kripke, American television writer, director and producer | |
| April 24th, 1974 (April 24 1974) | Birth | Brian Marshall, American bassist | |
| April 24th, 1974 (April 24 1974) | Birth | Dave Vitty, British radio personality | |
| April 24th, 1974 (April 24 1974) | Death | Bud Abbott, American actor and comedian (born in 1895) | |
| April 24th, 1973 (April 24 1973) | Birth | Eric Snow, American basketball player | |
| April 24th, 1973 (April 24 1973) | Birth | Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer | |
| April 24th, 1973 (April 24 1973) | Birth | Gabby Logan, British television presenter | |
| April 24th, 1972 (April 24 1972) | Birth | Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer | |
| April 24th, 1972 (April 24 1972) | Birth | Nicolas Gill, Canadian judoka | |
| April 24th, 1972 (April 24 1972) | Birth | Chipper Jones, American baseball player | |
| April 24th, 1972 (April 24 1972) | Birth | Jure Kosir, Slovenian skier | |
| April 24th, 1971 (April 24 1971) | Birth | Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer | |
| April 24th, 1970 (April 24 1970) | Event | The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched. | |
| April 24th, 1970 (April 24 1970) | Event | The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President. | |
| April 24th, 1970 (April 24 1970) | Birth | Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer | |
| April 24th, 1969 (April 24 1969) | Birth | Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer | |
| April 24th, 1969 (April 24 1969) | Birth | Melinda Clarke, American actress | |
| April 24th, 1969 (April 24 1969) | Birth | Viveca Paulin, Swedish actress | |
| April 24th, 1968 (April 24 1968) | Event | Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations. | |
| April 24th, 1968 (April 24 1968) | Birth | Stacy Haiduk, American actress | |
| April 24th, 1968 (April 24 1968) | Birth | Todd Jones, American baseball player | |
| April 24th, 1968 (April 24 1968) | Birth | Yuji Nagata, Japanese professional wrestler | |
| April 24th, 1968 (April 24 1968) | Birth | Hashim Thaci, Kosovan politician | |
| April 24th, 1967 (April 24 1967) | Event | Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1, when the parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission. | |
| April 24th, 1967 (April 24 1967) | Event | 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." | |
| April 24th, 1967 (April 24 1967) | Birth | Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| April 24th, 1967 (April 24 1967) | Death | Vladimir Komarov, cosmonaut (born in 1927) | |
| April 24th, 1966 (April 24 1966) | Birth | Pierre Brassard, Quebec humorist and actor | |
| April 24th, 1966 (April 24 1966) | Birth | Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer | |
| April 24th, 1965 (April 24 1965) | Event | Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamano, overthrows the triumvirate that was in power since the coup d etat against Juan Bosch. | |
| April 24th, 1965 (April 24 1965) | Birth | Son Chang Min, South Korean actor | |
| April 24th, 1965 (April 24 1965) | Death | Louise Dresser, American actress (born in 1878) | |
| April 24th, 1964 (April 24 1964) | Event | Mexico becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. | |
| April 24th, 1964 (April 24 1964) | Birth | Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian and actor | Cedric the Entertainer Quotes |
| April 24th, 1964 (April 24 1964) | Birth | Djimon Hounsou, Beninese actor | |
| April 24th, 1964 (April 24 1964) | Death | Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (declined) (born in 1895) | |
| April 24th, 1963 (April 24 1963) | Event | Marriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London. | |
| April 24th, 1963 (April 24 1963) | Birth | Paula Frazer, American singer/songwriter | |
| April 24th, 1963 (April 24 1963) | Birth | Billy Gould, American musician | |
| April 24th, 1963 (April 24 1963) | Birth | Mano Solo, French singer | |
| April 24th, 1963 (April 24 1963) | Birth | Tonu Trubetsky, Estonian musician | |
| April 24th, 1962 (April 24 1962) | Birth | Stuart Pearce, English footballer and manager | |
| April 24th, 1962 (April 24 1962) | Birth | Steve Roach, Australian rugby league footballer | |
| April 24th, 1961 (April 24 1961) | Event | The 17th century Swedish ship Vasa is salvaged. | |
| April 24th, 1960 (April 24 1960) | Birth | Paula Yates, British television presenter (died in 2000) | |
| April 24th, 1960 (April 24 1960) | Death | Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1879) | |
| April 24th, 1959 (April 24 1959) | Birth | Malcolm Oastler, Australian engineer | |
| April 24th, 1959 (April 24 1959) | Birth | Dave Ridgway, Canadian football player | |
| April 24th, 1958 (April 24 1958) | Birth | Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer | |
| April 24th, 1958 (April 24 1958) | Birth | Brian Paddick, British former deputy assistant commissioner and most senior openly gay police officer | |
| April 24th, 1957 (April 24 1957) | Birth | David J, British musician | |
| April 24th, 1957 (April 24 1957) | Birth | Boris Williams, British musician | |
| April 24th, 1955 (April 24 1955) | Event | The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War. | |
| April 24th, 1955 (April 24 1955) | Birth | John de Mol, Dutch media businessman | |
| April 24th, 1954 (April 24 1954) | Birth | Mumia Abu-Jamal, American death-row inmate | |
| April 24th, 1954 (April 24 1954) | Birth | Captain Sensible, British guitarist | |
| April 24th, 1953 (April 24 1953) | Event | Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| April 24th, 1953 (April 24 1953) | Birth | Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer | |
| April 24th, 1952 (April 24 1952) | Birth | Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer | |
| April 24th, 1949 (April 24 1949) | Birth | Veronique Sanson, French singer and songwriter | |
| April 24th, 1948 (April 24 1948) | Birth | Paul Cellucci, 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada | |
| April 24th, 1947 (April 24 1947) | Birth | Claude Dubois, Quebec singer and songwriter | |
| April 24th, 1947 (April 24 1947) | Birth | Josep Borrell Fontelles, Former President of the European Parliament | |
| April 24th, 1947 (April 24 1947) | Birth | Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist, Nobel-prized | |
| April 24th, 1947 (April 24 1947) | Death | Willa Cather, American writer (born in 1873) | Willa Cather Quotes |
| April 24th, 1947 (April 24 1947) | Death | Hans Biebow, German war criminal (by execution; born in 1902) | |
| April 24th, 1945 (April 24 1945) | Birth | Doug Clifford, American drummer | |
| April 24th, 1945 (April 24 1945) | Birth | Robert Knight, American singer | |
| April 24th, 1945 (April 24 1945) | Birth | Doug Riley, Canadian musician (died in 2007) | |
| April 24th, 1945 (April 24 1945) | Birth | Dick Rivers, French singer and actor | |
| April 24th, 1945 (April 24 1945) | Death | Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (born in 1899) | |
| April 24th, 1944 (April 24 1944) | Death | William Stephens, U.S. political figure (born in 1859) | |
| April 24th, 1943 (April 24 1943) | Birth | Richard Sterban, American singer | |
| April 24th, 1942 (April 24 1942) | Birth | Richard M. Daley, American politician | |
| April 24th, 1942 (April 24 1942) | Birth | Barbra Streisand, American singer and actor | |
| April 24th, 1942 (April 24 1942) | Death | Karin Boye, Swedish author (born in 1900) | |
| April 24th, 1942 (April 24 1942) | Death | Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (born in 1874) | |
| April 24th, 1941 (April 24 1941) | Birth | John Williams, Australian guitarist | |
| April 24th, 1940 (April 24 1940) | Birth | Sue Grafton, American author | |
| April 24th, 1939 (April 24 1939) | Death | Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (born in 1881) | |
| April 24th, 1938 (April 24 1938) | Death | George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (born in 1863) | |
| April 24th, 1937 (April 24 1937) | Birth | Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (died in 2001) | |
| April 24th, 1936 (April 24 1936) | Birth | Jill Ireland, British actress (died in 1990) | |
| April 24th, 1934 (April 24 1934) | Birth | Shirley MacLaine, American actor and author | |
| April 24th, 1933 (April 24 1933) | Birth | Patricia Bosworth, American actor, journalist, writer and biographer | |
| April 24th, 1933 (April 24 1933) | Birth | Claire Davenport, British actress (died in 2002) | |
| April 24th, 1933 (April 24 1933) | Birth | Alan Eagleson, Canadian ice hockey agent and promoter | |
| April 24th, 1933 (April 24 1933) | Birth | Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor | |
| April 24th, 1933 (April 24 1933) | Birth | Freddie Scott, American singer (died in 2007) | |
| April 24th, 1930 (April 24 1930) | Birth | Jerome Callet, American musician | |
| April 24th, 1930 (April 24 1930) | Birth | Richard Donner, American film director and producer | |
| April 24th, 1929 (April 24 1929) | Birth | Dr.Rajkumar, Kannada actor | |
| April 24th, 1926 (April 24 1926) | Birth | Thorbjorn Falldin, Prime Minister of Sweden | |
| April 24th, 1924 (April 24 1924) | Birth | Sir Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician | Clement Freud Quotes |
| April 24th, 1924 (April 24 1924) | Birth | Ruth Kobart, American actor and singer (died in 2002) | |
| April 24th, 1924 (April 24 1924) | Death | G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (born in 1844) | |
| April 24th, 1922 (April 24 1922) | Birth | J.D. Cannon, American actor (died in 2005) | |
| April 24th, 1918 (April 24 1918) | Event | First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs. | |
| April 24th, 1916 (April 24 1916) | Event | Easter Rising begins: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett start a rebellion in Ireland. | |
| April 24th, 1916 (April 24 1916) | Event | Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for ice-trapped ship Endurance. | |
| April 24th, 1916 (April 24 1916) | Birth | Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler (died in 2002) | |
| April 24th, 1915 (April 24 1915) | Event | The Armenian Genocide begins with a massacre of hundreds of prominent Armenians in Constantinople (now Istanbul). | |
| April 24th, 1914 (April 24 1914) | Birth | William Castle, American film director and producer (died in 1977) | |
| April 24th, 1913 (April 24 1913) | Event | The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened. | |
| April 24th, 1908 (April 24 1908) | Birth | Marceline Day, American actor (died in 2000) | |
| April 24th, 1907 (April 24 1907) | Event | Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened. | |
| April 24th, 1907 (April 24 1907) | Birth | William Sargant, British psychiatrist (died in 1988) | |
| April 24th, 1906 (April 24 1906) | Birth | William Joyce, Irish fascist (died in 1946) | |
| April 24th, 1905 (April 24 1905) | Birth | Robert Penn Warren, American poet (died in 1989) | |
| April 24th, 1904 (April 24 1904) | Birth | Willem de Kooning, Dutch painter (died in 1997) | |
| April 24th, 1903 (April 24 1903) | Birth | Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange (died in 1936) | |
| April 24th, 1899 (April 24 1899) | Birth | Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (died in 1986) | |
| April 24th, 1898 (April 24 1898) | Event | The Spanish-American War: The United States declare war on Spain. | |
| April 24th, 1897 (April 24 1897) | Birth | Manuel Avila Camacho, President of Mexico (died in 1955) | |
| April 24th, 1896 (April 24 1896) | Birth | Benjamin Whorf, American linguist (died in 1941) | |
| April 24th, 1891 (April 24 1891) | Death | Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (born in 1800)* | |
| April 24th, 1889 (April 24 1889) | Birth | Stafford Cripps, British politician (died in 1952) | |
| April 24th, 1889 (April 24 1889) | Birth | Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (died in 1924) | |
| April 24th, 1887 (April 24 1887) | Birth | Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (died in 1931) | |
| April 24th, 1882 (April 24 1882) | Birth | Hugh Dowding, Scottish fighter pilot (died in 1970) | |
| April 24th, 1878 (April 24 1878) | Birth | Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (died in 1958) | |
| April 24th, 1877 (April 24 1877) | Event | Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878: Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire. | |
| April 24th, 1876 (April 24 1876) | Birth | Erich Raeder, German naval commander (died in 1960) | Erich Raeder Quotes |
| April 24th, 1876 (April 24 1876) | Birth | Ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (died in 1960) | |
| April 24th, 1862 (April 24 1862) | Event | 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. | |
| April 24th, 1856 (April 24 1856) | Birth | Henri Philippe Petain, French soldier and statesman (died in 1951) | |
| April 24th, 1852 (April 24 1852) | Death | Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (born in 1783) | |
| April 24th, 1845 (April 24 1845) | Birth | Carl Spitteler, Nobel laureate (died in 1924) | |
| April 24th, 1815 (April 24 1815) | Birth | Anthony Trollope, English novelist (died in 1882) | Anthony Trollope Quotes |
| April 24th, 1800 (April 24 1800) | Event | The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress". | John Adams Quotes |
| April 24th, 1784 (April 24 1784) | Birth | Peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died in 1860) | |
| April 24th, 1779 (April 24 1779) | Death | Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (born in 1711) | |
| April 24th, 1743 (April 24 1743) | Birth | Edmund Cartwright, British inventor (died in 1823) | |
| April 24th, 1736 (April 24 1736) | Death | Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (born in 1663) | |
| April 24th, 1731 (April 24 1731) | Death | Daniel Defoe, English writer (born in 1660) | Daniel Defoe Quotes |
| April 24th, 1718 (April 24 1718) | Birth | Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (died in 1784) | |
| April 24th, 1706 (April 24 1706) | Birth | Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (died in 1780) | |
| April 24th, 1704 (April 24 1704) | Event | The first regular newspaper in the United States, the Boston, Massachusetts New-Letter, is published. | |
| April 24th, 1656 (April 24 1656) | Death | Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (born in 1561) | |
| April 24th, 1622 (April 24 1622) | Death | Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (born in 1577) | |
| April 24th, 1620 (April 24 1620) | Birth | John Graunt, English statistician and founder of the science of demography (died in 1674) | |
| April 24th, 1581 (April 24 1581) | Birth | Vincent de Paul, French saint (died in 1660) | |
| April 24th, 1558 (April 24 1558) | Event | Mary Queen of Scots marries the Dauphin of France, Francois, at Notre Dame de Paris. | |
| April 24th, 1533 (April 24 1533) | Birth | William I of Orange (died in 1584) | |
| April 24th, 1479 (April 24 1479) | Event | Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty). | Hatshepsut Quotes |
| April 24th, 1342 (April 24 1342) | Death | Pope Benedict XII (born in 1285) | |
| April 24th, 1338 (April 24 1338) | Death | Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (born in 1291) | |
| April 24th, 1184 (April 24 1184) | Event | Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional). | |
| April 24th, 0709 (April 24 0709) | Death | Wilfrid, English archbishop and saint | |
| April 24th, 0624 (April 24 0624) | Death | Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury | |
