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April 24th, 2007 (April 24 2007)EventIceland announces that Norway will shoulder the defense of Iceland during peacetime.
April 24th, 1997 (April 24 1997)DeathPat Paulsen, American comedian and politician (born in 1927)
April 24th, 1997 (April 24 1997)DeathEugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer (born in 1922)
April 24th, 1987 (April 24 1987)BirthKristopher Letang, Canadian Hockey Player
April 24th, 1977 (April 24 1977)BirthSiarhey Balakhonau, Belarusian writer
April 24th, 1977 (April 24 1977)BirthCarlos Beltran, Puerto Rican baseball player
April 24th, 1967 (April 24 1967)EventCosmonaut 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)EventVietnam 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)BirthOmar Vizquel, Venezuelan baseball player
April 24th, 1967 (April 24 1967)DeathVladimir Komarov, cosmonaut (born in 1927)
April 24th, 1957 (April 24 1957)BirthDavid J, British musician
April 24th, 1957 (April 24 1957)BirthBoris Williams, British musician
April 24th, 1947 (April 24 1947)BirthClaude Dubois, Quebec singer and songwriter
April 24th, 1947 (April 24 1947)BirthJosep Borrell Fontelles, Former President of the European Parliament
April 24th, 1947 (April 24 1947)BirthRoger D. Kornberg, American chemist, Nobel-prized
April 24th, 1947 (April 24 1947)DeathWilla Cather, American writer (born in 1873)Willa Cather Quotes
April 24th, 1947 (April 24 1947)DeathHans Biebow, German war criminal (by execution; born in 1902)
April 24th, 1937 (April 24 1937)BirthJoe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (died in 2001)
April 24th, 1907 (April 24 1907)EventHersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.
April 24th, 1907 (April 24 1907)BirthWilliam Sargant, British psychiatrist (died in 1988)
April 24th, 1897 (April 24 1897)BirthManuel Avila Camacho, President of Mexico (died in 1955)
April 24th, 1887 (April 24 1887)BirthDenys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (died in 1931)
April 24th, 1877 (April 24 1877)EventRusso-Turkish War, 1877-1878: Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire.

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