On this day in History - Apr. 24
- 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty).
- 0624 - Mellitus dies. Third Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 0709 - Wilfrid dies. English archbishop and saint.
- 0858 - Pope_Nicholas_I begins his Papacy.
- 1066 - Halley's Comet spotted.
- 1338 - Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat dies (b. 1291).
- 1342 - Pope Benedict XII dies (b. 1285).
- 1533 - William I of Orange was born (d. 1584). Dutch national "father".
- 1581 - Vincent de Paul was born (d. 1660). French saint.
- 1585 - Pope Sixtus V is elected (crowned on 1 May).
- 1620 - John Graunt was born (d. 18 Apr 1674). English statistician, generally considered to be the founder of the science of demography, the statistical study of human populations.
- 1622 - Fidelis of Sigmaringen dies (b. 1577). Swiss friar, martyr, and saint.
- 1656 - Thomas Fincke dies (b. 1561). Danish mathematician and physicist.
- 1704 - The first regular newspaper in the United States, the Boston, Massachusetts New-Letter, is published.
- 1706 - Giovanni Battista Martini was born (d. 1780). Italian musician.
- 1731 - Daniel Defoe dies (b. c. 1660). English writer.
- 1736 - Prince Eugene of Savoy dies (b. 1663). French-Austrian general.
- 1743 - Edmund Cartwright was born (d. 30 Oct 1823). English inventor of the power loom.
- 1779 - Eleazar Wheelock dies (b. 1711). American founder of Dartmouth College.
- 1784 - Peter Vivian Daniel was born (d. 1860). Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1792 - French army officer Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle composed "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem.
- 1800 - The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
- 1808 - Joaquim Albino Cardoso Casado Giraldes was born in Porto (d. 27 Nov 1875) . Portuguese anatomist and surgeon.
- 1815 - Anthony Trollope was born (d. 6 Dec 1882). English novelist.
- 1817 - Jean-Charles-Galinard de Marignac as born (d. 15 Apr 1894). Swiss chemist whose life work consisted of making many precise determinations of atomic weights suggested the possibility of isotopes and the packing fraction of nuclei.
- 1821 - Johann Peter Frank dies (b. 19 Mar 1745). German physician who was a pioneer in public health. His fame rests on his System einer vollständigen medicimschen Policey (1779; "System of a Complete Medical Policy"), which covers the hygiene of all stages of a man's life.
- 1833 - Jacob Ebert of Cadiz, Ohio, with George Dulty of Wheeling, West Virgina, patented the soda fountain.
- 1845 - Carl Spitteler was born (d. 1924). Swiss poet. Nobel Prize in Literature 1919.
- 1846 - The beginning of the Mexican-American War.
- 1852 - Vasily Zhukovsky dies (b. 1783). Russian poet.
- 1856 - Henri Philippe Pétain was born (d. 1851). French soldier and statesman.
- 1861 - D. Beatriz de Passos Manuel recebe o título de viscondessa de Passos - Portugal.
- 1862 - American Civil War: A flotilla commanded by Union Admiral David Farragut pases two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River on its way to capture New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1863 - The Keyesville Massacre: a massacre of 53 Native American men from the Tehachapi tribe in Keyesville, California.
- 1866 - Anastasio Hartmann dies (b. 24 Feb. 1803). Swiss missionary bishop in India.
- 1870 - Zeferino Brazil [Zeferino António de Sousa Brazil] was born in Taquari, Rio Grande do Sul (d. 3 Oct. 1942). Brazilian poet and journalist. (Ler em português o soneto Zelos).
- 1873 - Theodor Körner was born (d. 1957). General and politician.
- 1875 - Jeno Huszka born in Szeged (d. 2 Feb 1960). Hungarian composer.
- 1876 - Erich Raeder was born. Commander in chief of the German navy.
- 1876 - Ioannis Georgiadis was born (d. 1960). Greek fencer.
- 1877 - Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878: Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire at the conclusion of the Serbo-Turkish War, resulting in independence for Serbia and Montenegro.
- 1878 - Jean Crotti was born (d. 1958). Swiss artist.
- 1882 - Hugh Dowding was born (d. 1970). Scottish fighter pilot.
- 1886 -Petroleum was discovered in the Middle East. The first well to come in was on the Egyptian shore of the Red Sea.
- 1887 - Denys Finch Hatton was born (d. 1931). English big-game hunter.
- 1888 - The Eastman Kodak company was formed.
- 1889 - Lyubov Popova was born (d. 1924). Russian painter.
- 1889 - Sir Stafford Cripps was born (d. 1952). British politician.
- 1891 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder dies (b. 1800). Prussian field marshal.
- 1896 - Benjamin Whorf was born (d. 1941). American linguist.
- 1897 - Manuel Ávila Camacho was born (d. 1955). President of Mexico.
- 1898 - Spanish-American War: Spain declares war on the United States / Começa a Guerra Hispano-Americana. A Espanha declara guerra contra os Estados Unidos após rejeitar um ultimato destes para retirar-se de Cuba.
- 1899 - Oscar Zariski was born (d. 1986). Russian-born mathematician.
- 1901 - Barreto Poeira was born (d. 1980). Portuguese actor / Nascimento de Barreto Poeira, em Vila Franca de Xira. Actor português (Um homem às direitas; Amor de Perdição; "Frei de Luís de Sousa"-1950...).
- 1903 - Siegrfried Frederick Nadel was born (d. 14 Jan 1956). Austrian-born British anthropologist whose investigations of African ethnology led him to explore theoretical questions. ("The Foundations of Social Anthropology"; "A Theory of Social Structure").
- 1903 - José Antonio Primo de Rivera was born (d. 1936). Founder of the Falange.
- 1904 - Willem de Kooning was born in Rotterdam (d. 1977). Dutch painter, one of the leading exponents of Abstract Expressionism.
- 1905 - Robert Porter Allen was born (d. 28 Jun 1963). American author and conservationist recognized for saving the whooping crane from extinction by discovering (1955) the nesting ground of the sole remaining flock near the Arctic Circle.
- 1906 - William Joyce was born (d. 1946). Irish fascist.
- 1907 - Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey, for the exclusive use of his employees is opened.
- 1907 - William Sargant was born (d. 1988). British psychiatrist.
- 1908 - Ralph DePalma makes his racing debut at the Briarcliff Trophy Race in Westchester, New York.
- 1908 - Marceline Day was born (d. 2000). American actress.
- 1913 - The skyscraper Woolworth Building opening ceremony.
- 1914 - Geraldo França de Lima was born in Araguari, Minas Gerais. Brazilian writer and poet.
- 1914 - William Castle was born (d. 1977). American film director and producer.
- 1915 - The Armenian Genocide began with a massacre of hundreds of prominent. Armenians in Constantinople (now Istanbul).
- 1916 - Easter Rising begins: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalist Patrick Pearse start a rebellion in Ireland.
- 1916 – 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.
- 1916 - Lou Thesz was born (d. 2002). American professional wrestler.
- 1917 - The US declares war on Germany and and they enter World War One.
- 1917 - Abel Botelho dies in Buenos Aires (b. 1855). Portuguese writer and diplomat.
- 1918 - First tank to tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs.
- 1922 - J.D. Cannon was born (d. 2005). American actor.
- 1922 - Susana Agnelli was born. Contessa Rattazi, Italian politician and writer.
- 1923 - Doris Burn was born. American children's books author and illustrator.
- 1924 - Sir Clement Freud was born. British writer, radio personality and politician.
- 1924 - Ruth Kobart was born (d. 2002). American actor and singer.
- 1924 - G. Stanley Hall dies (b. 1 Feb 1844). American psychologist who gave early impetus and direction to the development of psychology in the United States.
- 1926 – The Treaty of Berlin under which Germany and the Soviet Union each pledged neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
- 1926 - Thorbjörn Fälldin was born. Prime Minister of Sweden.
- 1928 - The fathometer was patented by Herbert Grove Dorsey (No. 1,667,540).
- 1929 - Dr.Rajkumar was born. Kannada actor.
- 1930 - Jerome Callet was born. American musician.
- 1930 - José Sarney was born. President of Brazil.
- 1930 - Richard Donner was born. American film director and producer.
- 1930 - Maria da Conceição Tavares was born in Anadia. Portuguese economist and politician who developed her activity in Brazil.
- 1930 - Canto e Castro was born (d. 01 Feb 2005). Portuguese actor.
- 1932 - Agildo Ribeiro was born. Brazilian actor.
- 1933 - Alan Eagleson was born. Canadian hockey agent and promoter.
- 1933 - Claire Davenport was born (d. 2002). British actress.
- 1933 - Freddie Scott was born. American singer.
- 1933 - Helmuth Lohner was born. Austrian actor.
- 1933 - Patricia Bosworth was born. American actor, journalist, writer and biographer.
- 1934 - The first pipeless organ was patented by Laurens Hammond (No. 1,956,350).
- 1934 - Shirley MacLaine was born. American actress and author.
- 1935 - Ivone Silva was born. Portuguese actress.
- 1935 - Sarmento Leite dies (b. 1868). Brazilian professor and physician.
- 1936 - Jill Ireland was born (d. 1990). British actress.
- 1937 - Joe Henderson was born (d. 2001). American jazz saxophonist.
- 1938 - George Grey Barnard dies (b. 1863). American sculptor.
- 1939 - Louis Trousselier dies (b. 1881). French cyclist (b. 1881).
- 1940 - Sue Grafton was born. American author.
- 1941 - John Williams was born. Australian guitarist.
- 1941 - Richard Holbrook was born. American diplomat.
- 1942 - Barbra Streisand was born. American singer/actress [Funny Girl (1968), Hello Dolly (1969)].
- 1941 - Richard M. Daley was born. American politician.
- 1942 - Leonid Kulik dies (b. 1883). Russian minerologist who conducted the first scientific expedition (for which records survive) to study the Tungusta meteor impact site.
- 1942 - Lucy Maude Montgomery dies (b. 1874). Canadian author.
- 1942 - Karin Boye dies (b. 1900). Swedish author.
- 1943 - Richard Sterban was born. American singer.
- 1944 - Christine Ockrent was born. Belgian journalist.
- 1944 - William Stephens dies (b. 1859). American political figure.
- 1945 - Dick Rivers was born. French singer and actor.
- 1945 - Doug Clifford was born. American drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival).
- 1945 - Doug Riley was born (d. 2007). Canadian musician.
- 1945 - Robert Knight was born. American singer.
- 1947 - Claude Dubois was born. Quebec singer and songwriter.
- 1947 - Josep Borrell Fontelles was born. Former President of the European Parliment.
- 1947 - Roger D. Kornberg was born. American chemist, Nobel prize laureate.
- 1947 - Willa Cather dies (b. 1873). American writer.
- 1947 - Hans Biebow dies (b. 1902). German war criminal.
- 1948 - Paul Cellucci was born. 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada.
- 1948 - Jorge Gaitán dies assassinated. Colombian politic leader.
- 1949 - Communist forces occupied the Chinese capital, Nanking (Nanjing), after crossing the Yangtze River virtually unopposed by adherents to the Nationalist government under President Chiang Kai-shek.
- 1949 - Véronique Sanson was born. French singer and songwriter.
- 1950 - O Estado da Jordânia é formado. Ele é composto de partes da Palestina ocupada por jordanianos e pelo Reino da Transjordânia.
- 1950 - Lino de Albergaria was born in Belo Horizonte. Brazilian writer.
- 1952 - Jean-Paul Gaultier was born. French fashion designer.
- 1952 - Hendrik Anthony Kramers dies (b. 17 Dec 1894). Dutch physicist who, with Ralph de Laer Kronig, derived important equations relating the absorption to the dispersion of light. He also predicted (1924) the existence of the Raman effect, an inelastic scattering of light.
- 1953 - Eric Bogosian was born. American actor and writer.
- 1954 – Captain Sensible was born. British guitarist (The Damned).
- 1954 - Mumia Abu-Jamal was born. American death-row inmate, journalist and political activist.
- 1955 - The Bandung Conference ends: 29 "non-aligned" nations finish a meeting that condemned colonialism, racism, and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- 1955 - John de Mol was born. Dutch media businessman.
- 1955 – Michael O'Keefe was born. American actor.
- 1957 - Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
- 1957 - Boris Williams was born. British musician (The Cure).
- 1957 - David J was born. British musician.
- 1958 - Brian Paddick was born. British police commander.
- 1958 - Valery Lantratov was born. Russian ballet dancer.
- 1958 - Richard Benedict Goldschmidt dies (b. 12 Apr 1878). German-born U.S. zoologist and geneticist, formulator of the theory that chromosome molecules are the more decisive factors in inheritance (rather than the qualities of the individual genes).
- 1959 - Dave Ridgway was born. Canadian football player.
- 1959 - Malcolm Oastler was born. Australian engineer.
- 1960 - Paula Yates was born (d. 2000). British television presenter.
- 1960 - Max von Laue dies (b. 1879). German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1961 - Bob Dylan earned a $50 session fee for playing harmonica on Harry Belafonte's "Midnight Special." It was his recording debut.
- 1962 - Jeff Minter was born. Computer games programmer.
- 1962 - Steve Roach was born. Australian rugby player.
- 1962 - Stuart Pearce was born. English footballer and manager.
- 1963 - Marriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus James Bruce Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1963 - Billy Gould was born. American musician (Faith No More).
- 1963 - Mano Solo was born. French singer.
- 1963 - Paula Frazer was born. American singer/songwriter.
- 1963 - Tõnu Trubetsky was born. Estonian musician (Vennaskond), anarchist.
- 1964 - Cedric the Entertainer was born. American comedian and actor.
- 1964 - Djimon Hounsou was born. Beninese actor.
- 1964 - Gerhard Domagk dies (b. 30 Oct 1895). German bacteriologist and pathologist who was awarded the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery (announced in 1932) of the antibacterial effects of Prontosil, the first of the sulfonamide drugs.
- 1965 - Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when civilians lead by some members of the armed forces, including Colonel Francisco Caamaño, overthrow the triumvirate that was in power since the coup d'état on Juan Bosch, who was legally elected president in 1963.
- 1965 - Em Villanueva, Espanha, foram descobertos os cadáveres do General Humberto Delgado e da sua secretária Arajaryr Campos.
- 1965 - Son Chang Min was born. South Korean actor.
- 1965 - Louise Dresser dies (b. 1878). American actress.
- 1966 - Alessandro Costacurta was born. Italian footballer.
- 1966 - Pierre Brassard was born. Quebec humorist and actor.
- 1967 - Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1, when the parachute fails to open. He was the first human to die during a space mission.
- 1967 - 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".
- 1967 - Omar Vizquel was born. Major League Baseball shortstop.
- 1967 - Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 (b. 1927). Soviet cosmonaut, the first man known to have died during a space mission. He flew on two space missions.He was Command Pilot of Voskhod I, on a day-long mission, 12-13 Oct 1964. During the landing after his second space mission, when he was Commander of Soyuz-I, 23-24 Apr 1967, on a nearly 27 hour flight. On its return, his spacecraft became entangled in its main parachute and fell several miles to Earth.
- 1968 - Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.
- 1968 - Hashim Thaci was born. Kosovan politician.
- 1968 - Mark Vanderloo was born in Vaddinxveen. Dutch supermodel.
- 1968 - Stacy Haiduk was born. American actress.
- 1968 - Todd Jones was born. American baseball player.
- 1968 - Yuji Nagata was born. Japanese professional wrestler.
- 1969 - Elias Atmatsidis was born. Greek footballer.
- 1969 - Melinda Clarke was born. American actress.
- 1969 - Viveca Paulin was born. Swedish actress.
- 1970 - The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President.
- 1970 - Damien Fleming was born. Australian fast bowler.
- 1970 - Cassiano Branco dies (b. 1879). Portuguese architect.
- 1971 - Aaron Austin was born. American pornographic actor.
- 1972 - Chipper Jones was born. American baseball player.
- 1972 - Jure Košir was born. Slovenian skier.
- 1972 - Nicolas Gill was born. French Canadian judoka.
- 1972 - Rab Douglas was born. Scottish footballer.
- 1973 - Eric Snow was born. American basketball player.
- 1973 - Gabby Logan was born. British television presenter.
- 1973 - Sachin Tendulkar was born. Indian cricket player.
- 1974 - Brian Marshall was born. American bassist.
- 1974 - Dave Vitty, aka Comedy Dave, was born. British television host.
- 1974 - Derek Luke was born. American actor.
- 1974 - Eric Kripke was born. American television writer, director and producer.
- 1974 - Joseph Bruce was born. American rapper (Insane Clown Posse).
- 1974 - Kristie Krabe was born. American stage actress.
- 1974 - Bud Abbott dies (b. 1895). American actor and comedian.
- 1975 - Sam Doumit was born. American actress.
- 1975 – Thad Luckinbill was born. American actor.
- 1976 - Steve Finnan was born. Irish footballer.
- 1977 - Carlos Beltran was born. Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player.
- 1977 - Siarhey Balakhonau was born. Belarus writer.
- 1978 - Eric Balfour was born. American actor.
- 1978 - Kim Hyun-ju was born. Korean actress.
- 1978 - Stella Damasus Aboderin was born. Nigerian actress.
- 1979 - "Georgia on My Mind" is adopted as the official state song of the U.S. state of Georgia, a month after it is performed before a joint session of the Georgia General Assembly by Ray Charles.
- 1979 - Laurentia Tan was born. Singaporean Paralympic equestrienne.
- 1980 - Eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempted to end the Iran hostage crisis.
- 1980 - Austin Nichols was born. American actor.
- 1980 – Danny Gokey wasd born. American singer.
- 1980 - Denise Milani was born. Czech model.
- 1980 - Fernando Arce was born. Mexican footballer.
- 1980 - Alejo Carpentier dies (b. 1904). Cuban writer.
- 1981 - Introduction of the first IBM PC.
- 1981 - Taylor Dent was born. American tennis player.
- 1982 - In Harrogate, United Kingdom, Nicole wins the twenty-seventh Eurovision Song Contest for Germany singing "Ein bißchen Frieden" (A little bit of peace).
- 1982 - Kelly Clarkson was born. American singer, winner of the first American Idol competition.
- 1982 - Shayna Nackoney was born. Canadian synchronized swimmer.
- 1982 - Ville Ritola dies (b. 1896). Finnish athlete.
- 1982 - Sérgio Buarque de Holanda dies (b. 1902). Brazilian historian and writer.
- 1983 - Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan was born.
- 1984 - O governo militar brasileiro impôs o encerramento de duas universidades e a censura à rádio e à televisão.
- 1984 - Salim Ahmed Salim assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Tanzânia.
- 1984 - Tyson Ritter was born. American singer and bassist [All-American Rejects].
- 1985 - Kebby Musokotwane assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Zâmbia.
- 1985 - Kaori Nazuka was born. Japanese voice actress.
- 1985 - Courtnee Draper was born. American actress.
- 1986 - Wallis Simpson dies (b. 1896). Mistress and wife of The Duke of Windsor.
- 1987 – Jan Vertonghen was born. Belgian footballer.
- 1987 - Kristopher Letang was born. Canadian hockey player.
- 1990 - The Hubble Space Telescope is launched by Space Shuttle Discovery.
- 1990 - Gruinard island, Scotland, is officially declared free of anthrax after 48 years of quarantine.
- 1990 - STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Shuttle mission STS-31 lifts off, carrying Hubble into orbit. - 1991 - Freddie Stowers is awarded the posthumous Medal of Honor for which he had been recommended in 1918.
- 1991 - Ryan Phillips was born. Canadian musician.
- 1992 - David Bowie /Ima marriage.
- 1993 - The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act came into force establishing Panchayati Raj system in India.
- 1993 - Oliver Tambo dies (b. 1917). South African activist and politician.
- 1994 - Armando Calderón Sol wins El Salvador presidential election.
- 1994 - Austin Rogers was born. American actor.
- 1995 - The last Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 rolls off the assembly line.
- 1996 - In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is introduced.
- 1997 - 88 countries ratified the worldwide Chemical Weapons Convention treaty between 88 countries that would take effect on 29 Apr 1997. USA signed it, however Russia and a number of other states known to possess such weapons failed to do so.
- 1997 - A group of paleontologists announced the discovery of a trove containing a large number of fossilized dinosaurs in northeastern China.
- 1997 - Pepetela is awarded with Camões Prize.
- 1997 - Pat Paulsen dies (b. 1927). American comedian and politician.
- 1997 - Eugene Stoner dies (b. 1922). American engineer and weapons designer.
- 1998 - Ryan Newman was born. American actress.
- 2001 - Al Hibbler dies (b. 1915). American singer.
- 2001 - Leon Sullivan dies (b. 1922). African-American civil rights leader and pastor.
- 2003 - Officials of North Korea informed U.S. diplomats that it had nuclear weapons and was making bomb-grade plutonium.
- 2004 - US lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years ago as a 'reward' for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
- 2004 - Referenda on a United Nations plan, which proposes to re-unite the island of Cyprus, take place in both the Republic of Cyprus controlled and Turkish controlled parts. Although the Turkish Cypriots vote in favour, the Greek Cypriots reject the proposal.
- 2004 - US lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
- 2004 - Estée Lauder dies (b. 1906). American cosmetics entrepreneur.
- 2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
- 2005 - Fei Xiaotong dies (b. 1910). Chinese sociologist.
- 2005 - Ezer Weizman dies (b. 1924). President of Israel.
- 2006 - King Gyanendra of Nepal gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament that he dissolved in 2002.
- 2006 - Steve Stavro dies (b. 1927). Canadian businessman and sports team owner.
- 2006 - Moshe Teitelbaum dies (b. 1914). Hassidic rabbi.
- 2006 - Brian Labone dies (b. 1940). English footballer.
- Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.
- Australia - Kapyong Day a day of remembrance for Korean War veterans, named after the Battle of Kapyong in 1951.
- The Gambia - Republic Day in (1970).
- Nepal - Democracy Day, commemorating the reinstitution of parliament in 2006.
- Niger - Concord Day, commemorating the 1995 peace accord ending the Tuareg Rebellion
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