April 24

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...

• Shirley MacLaine

  American dancer, actress, writer and...

• Jill Ireland

  British actress, playing in lead parts...

• Melinda Clarke

  American actress.

• Djimon Hounsou

  Movie Actor.

• Aidan Gillen

  Movie Actor.

• Tyson Ritter

  Rock Singer.

• Stacy Haiduk

  American actress.

• Eric Balfour
• Nicolas Cazalé
• Alejandro Fernández

  Mexican singer.

• Derek Luke

  American actor.

• Sue Grafton

  American author of mystery novels,...

• Michael Parks
• Robert Penn Warren

  American writer (Born 1905).

• Richard Donner

  American actor director and producer.

• Jack Quaid

  American noted family, the son of Meg...

• Marceline Day

  American actress (Born 1908).

• Cedric the Entertainer

  American comedian and actor.

• Caspar Lee

  YouTube Star.

• Jasmine Trinca
• Steven Lisberger
• Patricia Bosworth

  American actress, journalist, writer and...

• Joe Keery
• Eric Bogosian

  American actor playwright and author.

• Austin Nichols

  American actor.

• Varun Dhawan

  Movie Actor.

• Viveca Paulin

  Swedish-American actress.

• Glenn Morshower

  American actor and producer.

• Ben Davies

  Welsh footballer.

• Doris Duranti

  Italian movie actress who appeared in 43...

• Laura Hamilton

  Dancing On Ice 2011 Runner-Up.

• Ryan Newman

  American actress.

• Austin Rogers

  American actor.

• Dusty Anderson

  American pro wrestler.

• Véronique Sanson

  French singer who made a career for...

• 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...

• José Touré
• Joséphine Jobert
• Dida Diafat
• Dick Rivers

  French rock singer who celebrated 35...

• Christian Bobin

  French author and poet.

• Mano Solo

  French singer and recording artist who...

• Denise Milani
• Bridget Riley

  English painter and illustrator.

• José Sarney

  Brazilian lawyer and politician 25th...

• Enda Kenny

  Taoiseach of Ireland.

• Captain Sensible
• Rula Jebreal
• Thad Luckinbill

  American actor and producer.

• Sasha Barrese
• André Darrigade

  French road cyclist racer, he won 22...

• Renée Longarini

  Italian TV announcer, well liked .

• Claude Dubois

  Canadian singer-songwriter and...

• Rory McCann

  Scottish actor.

• Michael Scott Dill
• Daniel Logan (psychic)
• John de Mol

  Jr.

• Omar Vizquel

  Venezuelan-American baseball player:...

• Eduard Fernández
• Jean Sargueil

  Egletons EXecutives.

• Jérémy Berthod
• Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau
• Geraldo França de Lima
• Robert Escarpit

  French academic, writer and journalist.

• André Vauchez
• Austin Nichols (actor)
• 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
• Stanny Van Paesschen

  Dutch equestrian who attended the...

• Katherine Webb

  American model Miss Alabama USA 2012.

• Franck Pavloff
• 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.

• 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...

• Juan Manuel Garate
• Monte Gene Smith
• Taylor Dent

  American tennis player.

• Pasqualino De Santis
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Famous Deaths

• John Carroll

  American archbishop ex-Jesuit founder of...

• Pat Paulsen

  Comedian (Smothers Brothers Show), dies...

• Bud Abbott

  comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at...

• Louise Dresser

  Actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In,...

• Sathya Sai Baba

  Indian guru, spiritual figure (Born...

• Lee Moran

  American actor director and screenwriter...

• Lucien Wercollier

  Luxembourgian sculptor (Born 1908).

• Otis Spann

  American singer and pianist (d. 1970).

• Tommy Noonan

  Actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies...

• 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...

• Joseph Leberman

  Entertainer.

• Preston Lockwood

  Actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle),...

• G Stanley Hall

  American psychologist (Born 1844).

• George Grey Barnard

  American sculptor (Born 1863).

• Karin Boye

  Swedish author (Born 1900).

• Hans Biebow

  German WWII figure (Born 1902).

• Ville Ritola

  Finnish athlete (Born 1896).

• Oskar Blumenthal writer

  dies.

• Fei Xiaotong

  Chinese sociologist (Born 1910).

• George J D Campbell British minister of Indies (1868-74

  80-85), dies at age 76.

• 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.

• Vladimir M Komarov

  cosmonaut (Voshkod I), is first to die...

• John Michell

  British writer, a New Age pioneer and...

• Louis Trousselier

  French racing cyclist, known as...

• Rolf Stommelen
• Pete Ham

  Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist...

• Milt Franklyn

  American musician (Born 1897).

• Max von Laue

  German physicist and academic Nobel...

• Leon Sullivan

  African-American civil rights leader and...

• Eugene Stoner

  American engineer and weapons designer...

• William Stephens

  American lawyer and politician 24th...

• Ferdinand B Hummel

  Composer, dies at 72.

• Willa Cather

  American author and poet (d. 1947).

• Estee Lauder

  American cosmetics entrepreneur (Born...

• Paul Klengel

  Composer, dies at 80.

• John Foulds

  Composer, dies at 58.

• Hubert Bath

  Composer, dies at 61.

• Joseph Wihtol

  Composer, dies at 84.

• Manuel Marua Ponce

  Mexican Composer (Ferial), dies at 65.

• Rosita Marstini

  Actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big...

• Sergei Yutkevich

  Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies...

• Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson (wife of King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

  Duchess of Windsor) dies at age 89 (born...

• J de Graaf

  ethicus/president church and peace,...

• 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...

• Vladimir Komarov

  Russian pilot engineer and astronaut (d....

• Mark Tobey

  US abstract painter, (Broadway Norm),...

• Roy Jenson

  American actor (Born 1927).

• Donald Cammell

  Scottish film director, born in the...

• Bernard van Dieren

  Composer, dies at 51.

• Al Hibbler

  American singer (Born 1915).

• Norman McKaye

  Actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at...

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Top #1 songs in the USA

• 2017 Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
• 2016 Rihanna Featuring Drake - Work
• 2015 Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk!
• 2014 Pharrell Williams - Happy
• 2013 Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man
• 2012 Fun. - We Are Young
• 2011 Katy Perry - E.T.
• 2010 Rihanna - Rude Boy
• 2009 The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
• 2008 Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
• 2007 Timbaland - Give It To Me
• 2006 Daniel Powter - Bad Day
• 2005 50 Cent - Candy Shop
• 2004 Usher - Yeah!
• 2003 50 Cent - In Da Club
• 2002 Ashanti - Foolish
• 2001 Janet - All For You
• 2000 Santana - Maria, Maria
• 1999 TLC - No Scrubs
• 1998 K-Ci & JoJo - All My Life
• 1997 Puff Daddy - Can't Nobody Hold Me Down
• 1996 Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me
• 1995 Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
• 1994 R. Kelly - Bump N' Grind
• 1993 Snow - Informer
• 1992 Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last
• 1991 Wilson Phillips - You're In Love
• 1990 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
• 1989 Madonna - Like A Prayer
• 1988 Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go
• 1987 Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
• 1986 Prince - Kiss
• 1985 USA for Africa - We Are The World
• 1984 Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
• 1983 Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
• 1982 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll
• 1981 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List
• 1980 Blondie - Call Me
• 1979 Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood
• 1978 Bee Gees - Night Fever
• 1977 Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
• 1976 Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
• 1975 Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom
• 1974 MFSB - TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia)
• 1973 Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
• 1972 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
• 1971 Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
• 1970 The Beatles - Let It Be
• 1969 The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)
• 1968 Bobby Goldsboro - Honey
• 1967 Nancy Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid
• 1966 The Righteous Brothers - (You're My) Soul And Inspiration
• 1965 Wayne Fontana - Game Of Love
• 1964 The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
• 1963 The Chiffons - He's So Fine
• 1962 Elvis Presley - Good Luck Charm
• 1961 The Marcels - Blue Moon
• 1960 Percy Faith - The Theme From A Summer Place
• 1959 The Fleetwoods - Come Softly To Me
• 1958 The Champs - Tequila
• 1957 Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
• 1957 Perry Como - Round And Round
• 1955 Bill Hayes - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
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Top #1 Rock songs

• 2017 Imagine Dragons - Believer
• 2016 twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
• 2015 WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance
• 2014 Bastille - Pompeii
• 2013 Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
• 2012 Gotye Featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know
• 2011 Foo Fighters - Rope
• 2010 Stone Temple Pilots - Between The Lines