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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, 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, 1987 (April 24 1987) | Birth | Kristopher Letang, Canadian Hockey Player | |
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, 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, 1957 (April 24 1957) | Birth | David J, British musician | |
April 24th, 1957 (April 24 1957) | Birth | Boris Williams, British musician | |
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, 1937 (April 24 1937) | Birth | Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (died in 2001) | |
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, 1897 (April 24 1897) | Birth | Manuel Avila Camacho, President of Mexico (died in 1955) | |
April 24th, 1887 (April 24 1887) | Birth | Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (died in 1931) | |
April 24th, 1877 (April 24 1877) | Event | Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878: Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire. | |