April 24
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April 24 is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 251 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1533 – William I of Orange (d. 1584)
- 1580 – Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)
- 1620 – John Graunt, English statistician (d. 1674)
- 1706 – Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1780)
- 1718 – Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)
- 1743 – Edmund Cartwright, British inventor (d. 1823)
- 1777 - Maria Clementina of Austria (d. 1801)
- 1815 – Anthony Trollope, English novelist (d. 1882)
- 1829 - James Sheakley, Territorial Governor of Alaska (d. 1917)
- 1831 - George Nares, British admiral and polar explorer (d. 1915)
- 1841 - Charles Sprague Sargent, American botanist (d. 1927)
- 1845 – Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
- 1851 - Morgan Earp, American Western figure and brother of Wyatt Earp (d. 1882)
- 1856 – Henri Philippe Pétain, French soldier and statesman (d. 1951)
- 1876 – Erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960)
- 1878 – Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)
- 1880 - Gideon Sundback, Swedish engineer, businessman and developer of the zipper (d. 1954)
- 1882 – Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish fighter pilot (d. 1970)
- 1889 – Sir Stafford Cripps, British politician (d. 1952)
- 1889 – Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)
- 1896 – Benjamin Whorf, American linguist (d. 1941)
- 1897 – Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)
- 1899 – Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986)
- 1903 - Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician (d. 1936)
- 1904 – Willem de Kooning, Dutch painter (d. 1997)
- 1905 – Robert Penn Warren, American poet (d. 1989)
- 1906 – William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)
- 1907 – William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d. 1988)
- 1908 - Viktor Abakumov, Soviet politician (d. 1954)
- 1908 – Marceline Day, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1908 – Jozef Goslawski, Polish sculptor (d. 1963)
- 1909 – Bernhard Grzimek, German zoologist, naturalist, author and filmmaker (d. 1987)
- 1914 – William Castle, American film director and producer (d. 1977)
- 1916 – Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1919 - Glafcos Clerides, 4th President of Cyprus
- 1922 – J.D. Cannon, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1923 - Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
- 1924 – Sir Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician (d. 2009)
- 1926 – Thorbjörn Fälldin, former Prime Minister of Sweden
- 1929 - Rajkumar, Indian actor (d. 2006)
- 1930 – Jerome Callet, American musician
- 1930 – Richard Donner, American film director and producer
- 1930 – Jose Sarney, former President of Brazil
- 1933 – Claire Davenport, British actress (d. 2002)
- 1933 – Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor
- 1934 – Shirley MacLaine, American actress and author
- 1936 – Jill Ireland, British actress (d. 1990)
- 1937 – Joe Henderson American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001)
- 1940 – Sue Grafton, American author
- 1941 – John Williams, Australian guitarist
- 1941 – Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat (d. 2010)
- 1942 – Richard M. Daley, American politician
- 1942 – Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress, and director
- 1944 - Tony Visconti, American music producer
- 1945 – Doug Clifford, American drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
- 1947 - Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist
- 1948 - Paul Cellucci, 69th Governor of Massachusetts
- 1951 - Nigel Harrison, English musician and songwriter
- 1951 – Enda Kenny, Irish Taoiseach
- 1952 – Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
- 1953 – Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer
- 1954 – Mumia Abu-Jamal, American journalist, political activist, and death-row inmate
- 1954 – Captain Sensible, British guitarist (The Damned)
- 1954 - Jack Blades, American musician
- 1955 – John de Mol, Dutch media tycoon
- 1957 – David J, British musician
- 1957 – Boris Williams, British musician (The Cure)
- 1958 - Brian Paddick, English deputy police officer and politician
- 1958 - Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer
- 1958 – Susan Tsvangirai, (d. 2009) wife of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
- 1960 – Paula Yates, British television presenter (d. 2000)
- 1962 – Stuart Pearce, English footballer and manager
- 1962 – Steve Roach, Australian rugby player
- 1963 – Billy Gould, American musician (Faith No More)
- 1964 – Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian and actor
- 1964 – Djimon Hounsou, Benin-born actor
- 1966 – Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer
- 1967 – Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1968 – Stacy Haiduk, American actress
- 1968 – Hashim Thaci, Kosovan politician
- 1968 - Yuji Nakata, Japanese wrestler
- 1968 – Roxanna Panufnik, British composer
- 1971 – Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer (Evil Superstars and dEUS)
- 1972 – Chipper Jones, American baseball player
- 1972 – Jure Košir, Slovenian skier
- 1972 – Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
- 1972 - Adhemar Ferreira de Camargo Neto, Brazilian footballer
- 1973 – Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
- 1973 – Lee Westwood, British golfer
- 1973 – Gabby Logan, British television presenter
- 1973 - Eric Snow, American basketball player
- 1974 – Comedy Dave, British television and radio host
- 1974 – Joseph Bruce, American rapper (Insane Clown Posse)
- 1974 – Stephen Wiltshire, British artist
- 1975 – Sam Doumit, American actress
- 1976 – Steve Finnan, Irish footballer
- 1977 – Carlos Beltran, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
- 1977 – Siarhiej Bałachonaŭ, Belarusian writer
- 1978 – Eric Balfour, American actor
- 1980 – Austin Nichols, American actor
- 1980 – Karen Asrian, Armenian chess player (d. 2008)
- 1980 - Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
- 1981 - Taylor Dent, American tennis player
- 1982 – Kelly Clarkson, American singer
- 1982 – Shayna Nackoney, Canadian synchronized swimmer
- 1984 – Tyson Ritter, American singer and bassist (All-American Rejects)
- 1985 – Kaori Nazuka, Japanese voice actress
- 1987 - Ben Howard, British singer-songwriter
- 1987 - Jan Vertonghen, Belgian footballer
- 1998 – Ryan Newman, American actress
- 2005 – Snuppy, cloned dog
Deaths [change]
- 624 - Mellitus, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 709 - Wilfrid, English archbishop and saint
- 1185 - Emperor Antoku of Japan (b. 1178)
- 1342 – Pope Benedict XII (b. 1285)
- 1656 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
- 1731 – Daniel Defoe, English writer (b. 1660)
- 1794 - Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish statesman and soldier (b. 1719)
- 1852 – Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)
- 1891 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (b. 1800)
- 1926 - Sunjong of the Korean Empire (b. 1874)
- 1931 - David Kldiashvili, Georgian writer (b. 1862)
- 1938 - George Gray Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
- 1939 – Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
- 1941 - Karin Boye, Swedish author (b. 1900)
- 1942 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian novelist (b. 1874)
- 1942 - Leonid Kulik, Russian scientist (b. 1882)
- 1947 - Willa Cather, American writer (b. 1878)
- 1960 – Max von Laue, German physicist (b. 1897)
- 1964 – Gerhard Domagk, German doctor, won the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895)
- 1967 – Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1927)
- 1968 - Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
- 1974 - Franz Jonas, President of Austria (b. 1899)
- 1974 – Bud Abbott, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)
- 1983 – Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver (b. 1943)
- 1986 – Wallis Simpson, wife of the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1896)
- 1993 – Oliver Tambo, South African politician (b. 1917)
- 1993 - Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher (b. 1917)
- 1997 - Pat Paulsen, American comedian and politician (b. 1927)
- 2004 – Estee Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1906)
- 2005 – Ezer Weizman, former President of Israel (b. 1924)
- 2011 – Sathya Sai Baba, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1926)
Events [change]
- 1184 BC - Traditional date of the Fall of Troy.
- 1558 – Mary, Queen of Scots marries future King Francis II of France.
- 1585 - Felice Peretti is elected Pope, becoming Pope Sixtus V.
- 1704 - The first regular newspaperin Colonial America, the News-Letter, is published in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1800 – The Library of Congress in Washington, DC opens.
- 1877 – Russo-Turkish War: Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
- 1885 - American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired to be part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
- 1898 – The Spanish-American War begins.
- 1904 - The Lithuanian press ban ends after over 40 years.
- 1907 - Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey exclusively for his employees, opens.
- 1913 – New York's Woolworth building is opened.
- 1915 – The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
- 1916 – The Irish Easter Rising begins in Dublin.
- 1916 - Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from the uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organize a rescue for the ice-trapped ship Endurance.
- 1922 - The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield, Oxfordshire, England and Cairo, Egypt, begins operations.
- 1926 - The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other, for the next five years.
- 1933 - Nazi Germany begins with the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society in Magdeburg.
- 1953 – Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1955 - End of the Bandung Conference in Indonesia: 29 non-aligned Asian and African countries condemn colonialism, racism and the Cold War.
- 1957 - Following the Suez Crisis, the Suez Canal is re-opened.
- 1965 - A civil war starts in the Dominican Republic.
- 1967 – Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when his parachute fails to open.
- 1968 – Mauritius joins the UN.
- 1970 – The Gambia becomes a Republic with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
- 1971 - Soyuz 10 docks with Salyut 1.
- 1990 – Gruinard Island in Scotland is declared free of Anthrax.
- 1990 – STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space shuttle Discovery.
- 1993 - An IRA bomb hits the Bishopsgate area of London.
- 2004 – In Cyprus, a referendum on reunification results in the Turkish population mainly voting yes, but the Greek population mainly voting no, meaning that only Greek Cyprus joins the EU the following week.
- 2004 - The United States lifts (ends) economic sanctions on Libya.
- 2005 – Josef Alois Ratzinger is officially inaugurated as Pope Benedict XVI.
- 2005 – Snuppy, the world's first cloned dog, is born in South Korea.
- 2007 – Iceland announces that Norway will take responsibility of its defence in peacetime.
- 2013 - Over 80 people are killed when an eight-storey building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapses.
