April 24

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 24. From 1900 until now. April 24 is under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Kelly Clarkson (1982), Barbra Streisand (1942) and Véronique Sanson (1949). Several movies were released around April 24 over the years, such as Ein Robinson in 1940 directed by Arnold Fanck and Frequency in 2000 directed by Gregory Hoblit.
But much more happened on April 24 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Saint Alexander (died 178)
Genocide Remembrance Day in Armenia.
Republic Day in The Gambia (1970).
Newman's Day.
24-Hour Comics Day.
Saint Maria-Euphrasia Pelletier (d.1868)
Saint Honorius
Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen
Saint Egbert of Northumbria
Saint Deodatus
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Events

2019 Floods and mudslides in the South African city of Durban and the wider KwaZulu-Natal province have killed at least 60 people. (BBC)
2018 2018 Gaza border protests: The Israel Defense Forces detain two alleged terrorists attempting to cross the Gaza border into Israeli territory armed with a knife and a grenade. (Israel National News)
2017 2017 Camp Shaheen attack: The Afghan Minister of Defense, Abdullah Habibi and the Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army, Qadam Shah Shahim, resign after a Taliban attack on Camp Shaheen near Mazar-i-Sharif that claimed over 140 lives. (CNN) (UPI)
2016 Iraqi Civil War: At least 14 people have been killed in suicide bombing attacks in Baghdad. (Daily Times)
2015 Italian police mount an operation against an al-Qaeda inspired cell in Sardinia claimed to be in operation since 2005. (NBC News)
2014 The Ukrainian government says it's regained control of the city hall in the eastern port of Mariupol from pro-Russian separatists. Administrative buildings have been taken over in at least a dozen towns in Eastern Ukraine. (BBC)
2013 A 5.7 magnitude earthquake strikes 25 kilometers from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, leaving 33 people dead and another 115 injured. Heavy damage of buildings are reported across Nangarhar Province. (Voice of America)
2012 Arab Spring:
2011 More than 500 people are killed in Nigeria. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
2010 The U.S. Coast Guard discovers that an estimated 1000 barrels per day of oil is leaking from the damaged well underneath the rig that exploded off Louisiana's shore on April 20.
2009 The World Health Organization expresses concern at the spread of influenza from Mexico and the United States to other countries.ref name=quotwho_statement_2009-04-25quot International cases and resulting deaths are confirmed.
2008 Final results in the Nepal Constituent Assembly election show that the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) won double the number of seats of the next largest party. (AFP via Google News)
2007 Kevin Tillman, brother of former American football player Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan, accuses the U.S. military of manipulating his death during testimony to the U.S. Congress. (BBC)
2006 Famous Bangladeshi social worker and human rights activist Nasreen Pervin Huq died at his own house in Dhaka, Bangladesh, by a tragic accident. She had been the country director of the ActionAid Bangladesh (ActionAid) since 2003 up until her death.
2005 About 1 million people march silently through Mexico City in support of the capital's embattled mayor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. (Bloomberg) (CNN) (El Universal) (BBC) (The Guardian)
2004 Suicide bombers detonate boats alongside two oil tankers and a coalition boat in the Persian Gulf, targeting Iraq's main oil terminal, Basra. (Reuters)
2003 2003 Iraq war: Iraqi former Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz surrenders himself to U.S. forces
1997 Steel Peer, opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 76 performances
1996 Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore opens at Belasco for 12 performances
1995 Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes
1994 Broken Glass opens at Booth Theater NYC for 73 performances
1993 ABC news analyst Jeff Greenfield weds Karen Gannett
1992 Man of La Mancha opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 108 performances
1991 26th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins.
1990 US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit
1989 Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day".
1988 Rosie Jones wins LPGA USX Golf Classic.
1987 Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York City
1985 Pulitzer prize awarded to Carolyn Lizer for Yin
1984 In Morgan Hill, California, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs.
1983 Show Boat opens at Uris Theater NYC for 73 performances
1982 Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies
1981 IBM-PC computer introduced
1980 US military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die
1979 Rhodesian bishop Muzorewa wins general election.
1977 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA American Defender Golf Tournament.
1975 Penguins 1-Isles 4 - Quarterfinals - series tied at 3-3
1974 NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay (Buccaneers).
1971 Frank Merriwell opens / closes at Longacre Theater NYC for 1 performance
1970 China PR launches its 1st satellite transmitting song East is Red
1969 Gen Lin Piao succeeds Mao, is seriously wounded
1968 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas.
1967 21st NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 2.
1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational.
1965 Comedy in Music-Opus 2 closes at John Golden NYC after 192 performances
1964 Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon removes all restrictions on ownership of gold certificates.
1963 17th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2.
1962 MIT sends TV signal by satellite for first time: California to Massachusetts.
1961 JFK accepts sole responsibility following Bay of Pigs
1960 14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker and Fiorello! win.
1959 Netherlands Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier)
1958 Lee Walls hits three homeruns, as Chicago Cubs beat Los Angeles Dodgers 15-2.
1957 Chicago Cubs' pitchers walk National League record nine Cincinnati Reds in 5th inning.
1955 Conference of Bandung against colonialism / for self determination, ends
1954 Australia and the USSR break diplomatic relations
1951 In Yokohama, Japan a fire on a train kills more than 100.
1950 Peter Pan opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 320 performances
1949 3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman and Kiss Me Kate win
1948 The Costa Rican Civil War ends.
1945 Delegates of 46 countries gather in SF (to discuss UN)
1944 RAF bombs Munich
1941 Dutch Prince Bernhard becomes a British Royal Air Force pilot.
1938 Lindenheuvel soccer team forms.
1935 William Christian Bullitt, Jr., the US ambassador to Moscow, hosted the elaborately prepared Spring Ball of the Full Moon which is said to have surpassed all other embassy parties in Moscow's history.
1932 German national election (NSDAP 36.3 percent in Prussia).
1929 Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark.
1928 Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented.
1926 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
1923 Colonel Jacob Schick patents Schick shavers.
1922 In Barnegat, New Jersey, USA an overhead explosion of comet fragment rocks buildings, shatters windows, and releases clouds of noxious gas.
1920 British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years).
1917 Congress passes the First Liberty Bond Act.
1916 Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins
1915 Massacre of Armenians by Turks starts (Armenian Martyrs Day)
1913 The Woolworth Building skyscraper in New York City is opened.
1910 German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms.
1909 Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run 100 metre 3-legged race in 11 seconds.
1908 Mr and Mrs Jacob Murdock become the first to travel across the US by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32 days-5 hours-25 minutes.
1907 Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.
1904 The Lithuanian press ban is lifted after almost 40 years.
1901 1st AL game, Chicago beats Cleveland Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out
1900 Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer.
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Famous Birthday

Kelly Clarkson: American singer.
Barbra Streisand: American singer and actress, began...
Véronique Sanson: French singer who made a career for...
Shirley MacLaine: American dancer, actress, writer and...
Jean-Paul Gaultier: French haute couture fashion designer.
Sachin Tendulkar: Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as...
Paula Yates: Welsh TV personality in the UK, the...
Willem de Kooning
Christine Ockrent: Belgian news journalist on Channel A2 in...
Kehlani : Pop Singer.
Susanna Agnelli: Italian noted family, the sister of...
Jill Ireland: British actress, playing in lead parts...
Melinda Clarke: American actress.
Djimon Hounsou: Movie Actor.
José Touré
Joséphine Jobert
Dida Diafat
Christian Bobin: French author and poet.
Dick Rivers: French rock singer who celebrated 35...
Mano Solo: French singer and recording artist who...
Denise Milani
Aidan Gillen: Movie Actor.
Bridget Riley: English painter and illustrator.
Tyson Ritter: Rock Singer.
José Sarney: Brazilian lawyer and politician 25th...
Enda Kenny: Taoiseach of Ireland.
Captain Sensible
Rula Jebreal
Thad Luckinbill: American actor and producer.
Sasha Barrese
Stacy Haiduk: American actress.
André Darrigade: French road cyclist racer, he won 22...
Eric Balfour
Renée Longarini: Italian TV announcer, well liked .
Claude Dubois: Canadian singer-songwriter and...
Nicolas Cazalé
Rory McCann: Scottish actor.
Michael Scott Dill
Alejandro Fernández: Mexican singer.
Derek Luke: American actor.
Sue Grafton: American author of mystery novels,...
Daniel Logan (psychic)
John de Mol: Jr.
Omar Vizquel: Venezuelan-American baseball player:...
Eduard Fernández
Jean Sargueil: Egletons EXecutives.
Michael Parks
Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau
Jérémy Berthod
Robert Escarpit: French academic, writer and journalist.
Geraldo França de Lima
Austin Nichols (actor)
André Vauchez
Giorgio De Lullo: Italian actor and theater producer of...
Joe Henderson: American saxophonist and composer (d....
Chipper Jones: American baseball player: 3rd base,...
Claude Arnaud
Robert Penn Warren: American writer (Born 1905).
Stanny Van Paesschen: Dutch equestrian who attended the...
Katherine Webb: American model Miss Alabama USA 2012.
Franck Pavloff
Richard Donner: American actor director and producer.
Rebecca Mader
Lucie Rivel: German/french artist, painter.
Richard Holbrooke: American journalist banker and diplomat...
Doug Clifford: American drummer and songwriter...
John Barbour: American newscaster and TV critic.
Jack Quaid: American noted family, the son of Meg...
Marceline Day: American actress (Born 1908).
Caspar Lee: YouTube Star.
Cedric the Entertainer: American comedian and actor.
Eric Snow: NBA guard (Philadelphia 76ers, Seattle...
Sigrid Agren: French-Swedish model.
Tahyna Tozzi: Australian model singer and actress.
Thomas Fanara
Carlos Beltrán: Puerto Rican-American baseball player.
Rebecca Lynn Howard
Ludovic Berthillot
Richard M Daley: American politician.
Ronnie Bird: French singer-songwriter, noted for...
Paul Cellucci: American politician who was closely...
Taylor Dent: American tennis player.
Juan Manuel Garate
Monte Gene Smith
Boris Williams: French-English drummer (The Cure...
Pasqualino De Santis
Josep Borrell: Spanish engineer and politician 22nd...
Agnès Grossman
Shannon Larkin
Didier Chouat
Lee Westwood: English-American golfer.
Yves Swolfs
Patty Schemel
Jasmine Trinca
David J: English bass player (Bauhaus and Love...
Steve Finnan: Irish footballer.
Yuji Nagata: Japanese wrestler and mixed martial...
Todd Jones (baseball)
Kellin Quinn: Rock Singer.
Steven Lisberger
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Famous Deaths

Sathya Sai Baba: Indian guru, spiritual figure (Born...
Lucien Wercollier: Luxembourgian sculptor (Born 1908).
Otis Spann: American singer and pianist (d. 1970).
Bernard van Dieren: Composer, dies at 51.
Hubert Bath: Composer, dies at 61.
Norman McKaye: Actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at...
Tommy Noonan: Actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies...
Joseph Leberman: Entertainer.
Preston Lockwood: Actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle),...
G Stanley Hall: American psychologist (Born 1844).
Karin Boye: Swedish author (Born 1900).
Ville Ritola: Finnish athlete (Born 1896).
Oskar Blumenthal writer: dies.
George J D Campbell British minister of Indies (1868-74: 80-85), dies at age 76.
Vladimir M Komarov: cosmonaut (Voshkod I), is first to die...
J de Graaf: ethicus/president church and peace,...
John Michell: British writer, a New Age pioneer and...
Rolf Stommelen
Pat Paulsen: Comedian (Smothers Brothers Show), dies...
Eugene Stoner: American engineer and weapons designer...
Estee Lauder: American cosmetics entrepreneur (Born...
Lee Moran: American actor director and screenwriter...
Bud Abbott: comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at...
John Carroll: American archbishop ex-Jesuit founder of...
Ferdinand B Hummel: Composer, dies at 72.
Donald Cammell: Scottish film director, born in the...
Joseph Wihtol: Composer, dies at 84.
Manuel Marua Ponce: Mexican Composer (Ferial), dies at 65.
Rosita Marstini: Actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big...
Albrecht G Alt: German Theologist (Small Schriften),...
Henry Stephenson: Actor (Conquest, Mr Lucky), dies at 85.
Jef van Hoof: Composer, dies at 72.
Alentejo Carpentier: Cuban / French writer (Guerra del...
Sergei Yutkevich: Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies...
George Grey Barnard: American sculptor (Born 1863).
Hans Biebow: German WWII figure (Born 1902).
Fei Xiaotong: Chinese sociologist (Born 1910).
Richard Batka composer: dies at age 53.
Gerardus H de Hare: socialist vicar, dies at age 63.
Anton de Kom: Suriname resistance fighter, dies at age...
Jules Poncelet: Belgian minister of State, dies at age...
Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers: physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at...
Alfred Polgar: Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at...
Andries CD de Graeff: Governor-General of Netherlands Indies...
John P "John" Musch: actor/founder (JM), dies at age 84.
Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson (wife of King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom: Duchess of Windsor) dies at age 89 (born...
Oliver R Tambo: chairman (African National Congress),...
Douglas Gunsekera: banker, dies at age 77.
David Kldiashvili: Georgian writer (Born 1862).
Lucy Maud Montgomery: Canadian author (Born 1874).
Ernst-Robert Grawitz: German physician (Born 1899).
Harry McClintock: American country singer and hobo (Born...
Simon Chikovani: Georgian poet (Born 1902).
William Moore: English actor (Born 1916).
Estee Lauder: American cosmetics entrepreneur (Born...
Alphons Diepenbrock: French composer of the romantic...
Charles Jordan: American athlete, played pro basketball...
Louis Trousselier: French racing cyclist, known as...
Vladimir Komarov: Russian pilot engineer and astronaut (d....
Pete Ham: Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist...
Al Hibbler: American singer (Born 1915).
Milt Franklyn: American musician (Born 1897).
Max von Laue: German physicist and academic Nobel...
Leon Sullivan: African-American civil rights leader and...
Willa Cather: American author and poet (d. 1947).
Mark Tobey: US abstract painter, (Broadway Norm),...
William Stephens: American lawyer and politician 24th...
Roy Jenson: American actor (Born 1927).
Paul Klengel: Composer, dies at 80.
Louise Dresser: Actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In,...
John Foulds: Composer, dies at 58.
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