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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, 1996 (April 24 1996) | Event | In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is introduced. | |
April 24th, 1986 (April 24 1986) | Death | Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor (born in 1896) | |
April 24th, 1976 (April 24 1976) | Birth | Steve Finnan, Irish footballer | |
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, 1936 (April 24 1936) | Birth | Jill Ireland, British actress (died in 1990) | |
April 24th, 1926 (April 24 1926) | Birth | Thorbjorn Falldin, Prime Minister of Sweden | |
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, 1906 (April 24 1906) | Birth | William Joyce, Irish fascist (died in 1946) | |
April 24th, 1896 (April 24 1896) | Birth | Benjamin Whorf, American linguist (died in 1941) | |
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, 1856 (April 24 1856) | Birth | Henri Philippe Petain, French soldier and statesman (died in 1951) | |
April 24th, 1736 (April 24 1736) | Death | Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (born in 1663) | |
April 24th, 1706 (April 24 1706) | Birth | Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (died in 1780) | |
April 24th, 1656 (April 24 1656) | Death | Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (born in 1561) | |