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. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).
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).1184 BC – Traditional date of the fall of Troy .1547 – Battle of Mühlberg . Duke of Alba , commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain , defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League .1558 – Mary, Queen of Scots , marries the Dauphin of France , François , at Notre Dame de Paris .1704 – The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America , The Boston News-Letter 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 ".1877 – Russo-Turkish War : Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire .1885 – American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West .1895 – Joshua Slocum , the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".1913 – The Woolworth Building , a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.1914 – The Franck–Hertz experiment , a pillar of quantum mechanics , is presented to the German Physical Society .1915 – The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide .1916 – Easter Rising : Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly , launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic .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 the crew of the sunken Endurance
1918 – First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux , France, when three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs .1922 – The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire , England, and Cairo , Egypt, comes into operation.1923 – In Vienna, the paper Das Ich und das Es (The Ego and the Id ) by Sigmund Freud is published, which outlines Freud's theories of the id, ego, and super-ego .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.1932 – Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout , leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.1933 – Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg .1944 – World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.1953 – Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II .1955 – The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism , racism , and the Cold War .1957 – Suez Crisis : The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.1963 – Marriage of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent to the Hon Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.1965 – Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño , overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch .1967 – Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is 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."
1970 – The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations , with Dawda Jawara as its first President .1980 – Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis .1990 – STS-31 : The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery 1990 – Gruinard Island , Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine .
1993 – An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.1996 – In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.2004 – The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction .2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI .2013 – A building collapses near Dhaka , Bangladesh , killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others.2013 – Violence in Bachu County , Kashgar Prefecture , of China 's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people.
1492 – Sabina of Bavaria , Bavarian duchess and noblewoman (d. 1564)1533 – William the Silent , German son of William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (d. 1584)1581 – Vincent de Paul , French priest and saint (d. 1660)1620 – John Graunt , English demographer and statistician (d. 1674)1706 – Giovanni Battista Martini , Italian pianist and composer (d. 1780)1718 – Nathaniel Hone the Elder , Irish-English painter and educator (d. 1784)1743 – Edmund Cartwright , English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom (d. 1823)1784 – Peter Vivian Daniel , English lawyer and jurist (d. 1860)1815 – Anthony Trollope , English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (d. 1882)1823 – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada , Mexican politician, President of Mexico (d. 1889)1845 – Carl Spitteler , Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)1856 – Philippe Pétain , French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (d. 1951)1868 – Sandy Herd , Scottish golfer (d. 1944)1876 – Erich Raeder , German admiral (d. 1960)1878 – Jean Crotti , Swiss-French painter (d. 1958)1879 – Susanna Bokoyni , Hungarian-American circus performer (d. 1984)1880 – Gideon Sundback , Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper (d. 1954)1880 – Josef Müller , Croatian entomologist (d. 1964)
1882 – Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding , Scottish-English air marshal (d. 1970)1885 – Thomas Cronan , American triple jumper (d. 1962)1885 – Con Walsh , Irish-Canadian hammer thrower and footballer (d. 1961)
1887 – Denys Finch Hatton , English hunter (d. 1931)1888 – Pe Maung Tin , Burma -based scholar and educator (d. 1973)1889 – Stafford Cripps , English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1952)1889 – Lyubov Popova , Russian painter and academic (d. 1924)
1897 – Manuel Ávila Camacho , Mexican colonel and politician, 45th President of Mexico (d. 1955)1897 – Benjamin Lee Whorf , American linguist, anthropologist, and engineer (d. 1941)
1899 – Oscar Zariski , Russian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1986)1900 – Elizabeth Goudge , English author and educator (d. 1984)1903 – José Antonio Primo de Rivera , Spanish lawyer and politician, founded the Falange (d. 1936)1904 – Willem de Kooning , Dutch-American painter and educator (d. 1997)1905 – Al Bates , American long jumper (d. 1999)1905 – Robert Penn Warren , American novelist, poet, and literary critic (d. 1989)
1906 – William Joyce , American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster (d. 1946)1906 – Mimi Smith , English nurse (d. 1991)
1907 – William Sargant , English psychiatrist, theorist, and author (d. 1988)1908 – Marceline Day , American actress (d. 2000)1908 – Inga Gentzel , Swedish runner (d. 1991)
1908 – Józef Gosławski , Polish sculptor (d. 1963)
1912 – Ruth Osburn , American discus thrower (d. 1994)1913 – Dieter Grau , German-American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)1914 – William Castle , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)1914 – Phil Watson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1991)
1914 – Justin Wilson , American chef and author (d. 2001)
1916 – Lou Thesz , American wrestler and trainer (d. 2002)1919 – David Blackwell , American mathematician and academic (d. 2010)1919 – Glafcos Clerides , Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (d. 2013)
1920 – Gino Valenzano , Italian race car driver (d. 2011)1922 – Marc-Adélard Tremblay , Canadian anthropologist and academic (d. 2014)1923 – Gus Bodnar , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2005)1923 – Doris Burn , American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
1924 – Clement Freud , German-English radio host, academic, and politician (d. 2009)1924 – Ruth Kobart , American actress and singer (d. 2002)
1925 – Franco Leccese , Italian sprinter (d. 1992)1926 – Thorbjörn Fälldin , Swedish farmer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Sweden 1927 – Josy Barthel , Luxembourgian runner and politician, Luxembourgian Minister for Energy (d. 1992)1928 – Tommy Docherty , Scottish footballer and manager1930 – Jerome Callet , American instrument designer, educator, and author1930 – Richard Donner , American actor, director, and producer
1930 – José Sarney , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Brazil
1931 – Abdelhamid Kermali , Algerian footballer and manager (d. 2013)1931 – Bridget Riley , English painter and illustrator
1933 – Patricia Bosworth , American actress, journalist, and author1933 – Claire Davenport , English actress (d. 2002)
1933 – Alan Eagleson , Canadian lawyer and politician
1933 – Helmuth Lohner , Austrian actor and director (d. 2015)
1933 – Freddie Scott , American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
1934 – Jayakanthan , Indian journalist and author (d. 2015)1934 – John Cameron, Lord Coulsfield , Scottish lawyer and judge
1934 – Shirley MacLaine , American actress, singer, and dancer
1936 – David Crombie , Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto 1936 – Jill Ireland , English actress (d. 1990)
1937 – Joe Henderson , American saxophonist and composer (d. 2001)1940 – Sue Grafton , American author1940 – Chris Kelly , English television host and producer
1940 – Trevor Kent , Australian actor (d. 1989)
1941 – Richard Holbrooke , American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2010)1941 – John Williams , Australian-English guitarist and composer
1942 – Richard M. Daley , American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Chicago 1942 – Barbra Streisand , American singer, actress, and producer
1943 – Hew Pike , English general1943 – Gordon West , English footballer (d. 2012)
1944 – Peter Cresswell , English judge1944 – St. Clair Lee , American singer (d. 2011)
1944 – Maarja Nummert , Estonian architect
1944 – Tony Visconti , American record producer, musician and singer
1945 – Graeme Catto , Scottish physician and academic1945 – Doug Clifford , American drummer and songwriter
1945 – Robert Knight , American singer
1945 – Bob Lunn , American golfer
1945 – Doug Riley , Canadian keyboard player and producer (d. 2007)
1945 – Dick Rivers , French singer and actor
1946 – Doug Christie , Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2013)1946 – Piers Gough , English architect
1946 – Stafford James , American bassist and composer
1946 – Phil Robertson , American businessman, founded Duck Commander
1947 – Josep Borrell , Spanish engineer and politician, 22nd President of the European Parliament 1947 – João Braz de Aviz , Brazilian cardinal
1947 – Claude Dubois , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill , New Zealand-English lawyer and politician
1947 – Roger D. Kornberg , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1948 – Paul Cellucci , American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2013)1948 – Eliana Gil , Ecuadorian-American psychiatrist, therapist, and author
1948 – David Ingram , American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2005)
1949 – Eddie Hart , American sprinter1949 – James Paice , English farmer and politician
1949 – Véronique Sanson , French singer-songwriter and producer
1951 – Ron Arad , Israeli architect and academic1951 – Christian Bobin , French author and poet
1951 – Enda Kenny , Irish educator and politician, 13th Taoiseach of Ireland
1952 – Jean Paul Gaultier , French fashion designer1952 – Ralph Winter , American film producer
1953 – Eric Bogosian , American actor and writer1955 – Marion Caspers-Merk , German politician1955 – John de Mol, Jr. , Dutch businessman, co-founded Endemol
1955 – Eamon Gilmore , Irish trade union leader and politician, 25th Tánaiste of Ireland
1955 – Guy Nève , Belgian race car driver (d. 1992)
1955 – Michael O'Keefe , American actor
1956 – James A. Winnefeld, Jr. , American admiral1957 – Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed , Pakistani-English businessman and politician1958 – Brian Paddick , English police officer and politician1959 – Malcolm Oastler , Australian-English engineer1959 – Dave Ridgway , English-Canadian football player
1959 – Paula Yates , British-Australian television host and author (d. 2000)
1961 – Andrew Murrison , English physician and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy 1962 – Clemens Binninger , German politician1962 – Stuart Pearce , English footballer, coach, and manager
1962 – Steve Roach , Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1963 – Paula Frazer , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1963 – Billy Gould , American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1963 – Mano Solo , French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2010)
1964 – Helga Arendt , German sprinter (d. 2013)1964 – Cedric the Entertainer , American comedian, actor, and producer
1964 – Djimon Hounsou , Beninese-American actor and producer
1964 – Witold Smorawiński , Polish guitarist, composer, and educator
1965 – Jeff Jackson , Canadian ice hockey player and manager1966 – Pierre Brassard , Canadian comedian and actor1966 – Alessandro Costacurta , Italian footballer, coach, and manager
1966 – David Usher , English-Canadian singer-songwriter
1967 – Dino Rađa , Croatian basketball player1967 – Omar Vizquel , Venezuelan-American baseball player and coach
1968 – Aidan Gillen , Irish actor1968 – Todd Jones , American baseball player
1968 – Yuji Nagata , Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1968 – Roxanna Panufnik , English composer
1968 – Hashim Thaçi , Kosovan soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Kosovo
1969 – Elias Atmatsidis , Greek footballer1969 – Eilidh Whiteford , Scottish academic and politician
1970 – Damien Fleming , Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster1971 – Kumar Dharmasena , Sri Lankan cricketer and umpire1971 – Mauro Pawlowski , Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Rab Douglas , Scottish footballer1972 – Chipper Jones , American baseball player
1973 – Gabby Logan , English gymnast and radio host1973 – Damon Lindelof , American screenwriter and producer
1973 – Brian Marshall , American bass player and songwriter
1973 – Peeter Rebane , Estonian film director, producer and entrepreneur
1973 – Eric Snow , American basketball player and coach
1973 – Sachin Tendulkar , Indian cricketer
1973 – Toomas Tohver , Estonian footballer
1973 – Lee Westwood , English golfer
1974 – Eric Kripke , American director, producer, and screenwriter1974 – Stephen Wiltshire , English illustrator
1976 – Steve Finnan , Irish footballer1976 – Frédéric Niemeyer , Canadian tennis player and coach
1977 – Carlos Beltrán , Puerto Rican-American baseball player1978 – Diego Quintana , Argentine footballer1980 – Fernando Arce , Mexican footballer1980 – Karen Asrian , Armenian chess player (d. 2008)
1981 – Taylor Dent , American tennis player1981 – Yuko Nakanishi , Japanese swimmer
1982 – Kelly Clarkson , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress1982 – David Oliver , American hurdler
1982 – Simon Tischer , American volleyball player
1983 – Will Champlin , American singer-songwriter1983 – Hanna Melnychenko , Ukrainian heptathlete
1984 – Tyson Ritter , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor1985 – Mike Rodgers , American sprinter1986 – Aaron Cunningham , American baseball player1987 – Ben Howard , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1987 – Kristopher Letang , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Rein Taaramäe , Estonian cyclist
1987 – Jan Vertonghen , Belgian footballer
1989 – Elīna Babkina , Latvian basketball player1989 – David Boudia , American diver
1989 – Taja Mohorčič , Slovenian tennis player
1990 – Kim Tae-ri , South Korean actress1990 – Jan Veselý , Czech basketball player
1991 – Sigrid Agren , French-Swedish model1991 – Batuhan Karadeniz , Turkish footballer
1992 – Laura Trott , English cyclist1993 – Ben Davies , Welsh footballer1997 – Lydia Ko , New Zealand golfer1997 – Veronika Kudermetova , Russian tennis player
624 – Mellitus , English archbishop1149 – Petronille de Chemillé , abbess of Fontevrault1288 – Gertrude of Austria (b. 1226)1338 – Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat (b. 1291)1479 – Jorge Manrique , Spanish poet (b. 1440)1513 – Şehzade Ahmet , oldest son of Sultan Bayezid II (b. 1465)1617 – Concino Concini , Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575)1622 – Fidelis of Sigmaringen , German friar and saint (b. 1577)1656 – Thomas Fincke , Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)1731 – Daniel Defoe , English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)1748 – Anton thor Helle , German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)1779 – Eleazar Wheelock , American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)1794 – Axel von Fersen the Elder , Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)1852 – Vasily Zhukovsky , Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)1891 – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder , German field marshal (b. 1800)1924 – G. Stanley Hall , American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)1931 – David Kldiashvili , Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)1935 – Anastasios Papoulas , Greek general (b. 1857)1938 – George Grey Barnard , American sculptor (b. 1863)1939 – Louis Trousselier , French cyclist (b. 1881)1941 – Karin Boye , Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)1942 – Lucy Maud Montgomery , Canadian author (b. 1874)1944 – Charles Jordan , American magician (b. 1888)1945 – Ernst-Robert Grawitz , German physician (b. 1899)1947 – Hans Biebow , German SS officer (b. 1902)1947 – Willa Cather , American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1873)
1948 – Jāzeps Vītols , Latvian composer (b. 1863)1954 – Guy Mairesse , French race car driver (b. 1910)1960 – Max von Laue , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)1961 – Lee Moran , American actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1888)1962 – Milt Franklyn , American composer (b. 1897)1964 – Gerhard Domagk , German pathologist and bacteriologist (b. 1895)1965 – Louise Dresser , American actress (b. 1878)1966 – Simon Chikovani , Georgian poet and author (b. 1902)1967 – Vladimir Komarov , Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)1968 – Walter Tewksbury , American runner and hurdler (b. 1876)1970 – Otis Spann , American singer and pianist (b. 1930)1972 – Fernando Amorsolo , Filipino painter (b. 1892)1974 – Bud Abbott , American comedian and producer (b. 1895)1975 – Pete Ham , Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger ) (b. 1947)1976 – Mark Tobey , American-Swiss painter and educator (b. 1890)1980 – Alejo Carpentier , Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (b. 1904)1982 – Ville Ritola , Finnish runner (b. 1896)1983 – Erol Güngör , Turkish sociologist, psychologist, and academic (b. 1938)1983 – Rolf Stommelen , German race car driver (b. 1943)
1984 – Rafael Pérez y Pérez , Spanish author (b. 1891)1993 – Oliver Tambo , South African lawyer and activist (b. 1917)1993 – Tran Duc Thao , Vietnamese philosopher and theorist (b. 1917)
1995 – Lodewijk Bruckman , Dutch painter (b. 1903)1997 – Allan Francovich , American director and producer (b. 1941)1997 – Pat Paulsen , American comedian and activist (b. 1927)
1997 – Eugene Stoner , American engineer, designed the AR-15 rifle (b. 1922)
2000 – William Moore , English actor (b. 1916)2001 – Josef Peters , German racing driver (b. 1914)2001 – Leon Sullivan , American minister and activist (b. 1922)
2002 – Lucien Wercollier , Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908)2004 – José Giovanni , French-Swiss director and producer (b. 1923)2004 – Estée Lauder , American businesswoman, co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (b. 1906)
2004 – Robert McBain , English actor and photographer (b. 1932)
2005 – Ezer Weizman , Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (b. 1924)2005 – Fei Xiaotong , Chinese sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
2006 – Brian Labone , English footballer (b. 1940)2006 – Steve Stavro , Macedonian-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
2006 – Moshe Teitelbaum , Romanian-American rabbi and author (b. 1914)
2008 – Jimmy Giuffre , American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (b. 1921)2009 – John Michell , English author (b. 1933)2011 – Sathya Sai Baba , Indian guru and philanthropist (b. 1926)2012 – Fred Bradley , American baseball player (b. 1920)2012 – Erast Parmasto , Estonian botanist and mycologist (b. 1928)
2013 – Richard Everett Dorr , American judge (b. 1943)2013 – Larry Felser , American journalist (b. 1933)
2013 – Dave Kocourek , American football player and sportscaster (b. 1937)
2013 – Gary L. Lancaster , American lawyer and judge (b. 1949)
2013 – Pedro Romualdo , Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
2014 – Hans Hollein , Austrian architect, designed Haas House (b. 1934)2014 – Sandy Jardine , Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948)
2014 – Ray Musto , American soldier and politician (b. 1929)
2014 – Shobha Nagi Reddy , Indian politician (b. 1968)
2014 – Tadeusz Różewicz , Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921)
2015 – Władysław Bartoszewski , Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1922)2015 – Ken Birch , English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
2015 – Thomas Joseph Connolly , American bishop (b. 1922)
2015 – Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill , English lawyer and judge (b. 1931)
2015 – George C. Young , American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)
2016 – Tommy Kono , American weightlifter and coach (b. 1930)
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