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| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 24th of April 1558 | EVENT | Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, Francois, at Notre Dame de Paris. |
| 24th of April 1704 | EVENT | The first regular newspaper in the United States, the News-Letter, is published in Boston, Massachusetts. |
| 24th of April 1800 | EVENT | The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress". |
| 24th of April 1862 | EVENT | American Civil War: A flotilla commanded by Union Admiral David Farragut passes two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River on its way to capture New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| 24th of April 1877 | EVENT | Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire. |
| 24th of April 1898 | EVENT | The Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain. |
| 24th of April 1904 | EVENT | The Lithuanian press ban is lifted after almost 40 years. |
| 24th of April 1907 | EVENT | Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened. |
| 24th of April 1907 | EVENT | Al Ahly was founded. |
| 24th of April 1913 | EVENT | The Woolworth Building skyscraper in New York City is opened. |
| 24th of April 1915 | EVENT | The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the alleged Armenian Genocide. |
| 24th of April 1916 | EVENT | Easter Rising: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett starts a rebellion in Ireland. |
| 24th of April 1916 | EVENT | 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 ice-trapped ship Endurance. |
| 24th of April 1918 | EVENT | First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs. |
| 24th of April 1922 | EVENT | The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation. |
| 24th of April 1926 | EVENT | 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. |
| 24th of April 1932 | EVENT | Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom. |
| 24th of April 1953 | EVENT | Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. |
| 24th of April 1955 | EVENT | The Bandung Conference ends: 29 non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War. |
| 24th of April 1957 | EVENT | Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region. |
| 24th of April 1963 | EVENT | Marriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London. |
| 24th of April 1965 | EVENT | Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamano, overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'etat against Juan Bosch. |
| 24th of April 1967 | EVENT | Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission. |
| 24th of April 1967 | EVENT | 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." |
| 24th of April 1968 | EVENT | Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations. |
| 24th of April 1970 | EVENT | The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched. |
| 24th of April 1970 | EVENT | The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President. |
| 24th of April 1971 | EVENT | Soyuz 10 docks with Salyut 1. |
| 24th of April 1980 | EVENT | Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis. |
| 24th of April 1990 | EVENT | STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery. |
| 24th of April 1533 | BIRTHDAY | William I of Orange (d. 1584) |
| 24th of April 1581 | BIRTHDAY | Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) |
| 24th of April 1620 | BIRTHDAY | John Graunt, English statistician and founder of the science of demography (d. 1674) |
| 24th of April 1706 | BIRTHDAY | Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1780) |
| 24th of April 1718 | BIRTHDAY | Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784) |
| 24th of April 1743 | BIRTHDAY | Edmund Cartwright, British inventor (d. 1823) |
| 24th of April 1784 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860) |
| 24th of April 1815 | BIRTHDAY | Anthony Trollope, English novelist (d. 1882) |
| 24th of April 1845 | BIRTHDAY | Carl Spitteler, Nobel laureate (d. 1924) |
| 24th of April 1856 | BIRTHDAY | Henri Philippe Petain, French soldier and statesman (d. 1951) |
| 24th of April 1876 | BIRTHDAY | Ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960) |
| 24th of April 1876 | BIRTHDAY | Erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960) |
| 24th of April 1878 | BIRTHDAY | Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958) |
| 24th of April 1882 | BIRTHDAY | Sir Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (d. 1970) |
| 24th of April 1887 | BIRTHDAY | Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931) |
| 24th of April 1889 | BIRTHDAY | Stafford Cripps, British politician (d. 1952) |
| 24th of April 1889 | BIRTHDAY | Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924) |
| 24th of April 1896 | BIRTHDAY | Benjamin Whorf, American linguist (d. 1941) |
| 24th of April 1897 | BIRTHDAY | Manuel Avila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955) |
| 24th of April 1899 | BIRTHDAY | Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986) |
| 24th of April 1903 | BIRTHDAY | Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange (d. 1936) |
| 24th of April 1904 | BIRTHDAY | Willem de Kooning, Dutch painter (d. 1997) |
| 24th of April 1905 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Penn Warren, American poet (d. 1989) |
| 24th of April 1906 | BIRTHDAY | William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946) |
| 24th of April 1906 | BIRTHDAY | Mimi Smith, maternal aunt and guardian of John Lennon (d. 1991) |
| 24th of April 1907 | BIRTHDAY | William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d. 1988) |
| 24th of April 1908 | BIRTHDAY | Jozef Gos?awski, Polish sculptor and medallic artist (d. 1963) |
| 24th of April 1908 | BIRTHDAY | Marceline Day, American actor (d. 2000) |
| 24th of April 1914 | BIRTHDAY | William Castle, American film director and producer (d. 1977) |
| 24th of April 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Justin Wilson, American Cajun chef and humorist (d. 2001) |
| 24th of April 1916 | BIRTHDAY | Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler (d. 2002) |
| 24th of April 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Glafcos Clerides, President of Cyprus |
| 24th of April 1922 | BIRTHDAY | J. D. Cannon, American actor (d. 2005) |
| 24th of April 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Doris Burn, American children's books author and illustrator (d. 2011) |
| 24th of April 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Sir Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician (d. 2009) |
| 24th of April 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Ruth Kobart, American actor and singer (d. 2002) |
| 24th of April 1926 | BIRTHDAY | Thorbjorn Falldin, Prime Minister of Sweden |
| 24th of April 1929 | BIRTHDAY | Rajkumar, Kannada actor (d. 2006) |
| 24th of April 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Donner, American film director and producer |
| 24th of April 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Jose Sarney, President of Brazil |
| 24th of April 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Jerome Callet, American musician |
| 24th of April 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Patricia Bosworth, American actress, journalist, writer and biographer |
| 24th of April 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Claire Davenport, British actress (d. 2002) |
| 24th of April 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor |
| 24th of April 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Freddie Scott, American singer (d. 2007) |
| 24th of April 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Alan Eagleson, Canadian ice hockey agent and promoter |
| 24th of April 1934 | BIRTHDAY | Shirley MacLaine, American actor and author |
| 24th of April 1935 | BIRTHDAY | Tucker Smith, American actor, dancer, and singer (d. 1988) |
| 24th of April 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Glen Hobbie, American baseball player |
| 24th of April 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Jill Ireland, British actress (d. 1990) |
| 24th of April 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001) |
| 24th of April 1940 | BIRTHDAY | Sue Grafton, American author |
| 24th of April 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat (d. 2010) |
| 24th of April 1941 | BIRTHDAY | John Williams, Australian guitarist |
| 24th of April 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Barbra Streisand, American singer and actor |
| 24th of April 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Richard M. Daley, American politician |
| 24th of April 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Sterban, American singer |
| 24th of April 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Tony Visconti, American record producer |
| 24th of April 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Doug Clifford, American drummer |
| 24th of April 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Knight, American singer |
| 24th of April 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Dick Rivers, French singer and actor |
| 24th of April 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Doug Riley, Canadian musician (d. 2007) |
| 24th of April 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Claude Dubois, Canadian singer-songwriter |
| 24th of April 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate |
| 24th of April 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Josep Borrell, Spanish politician |
| 24th of April 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Cellucci, 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada |
| 24th of April 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Veronique Sanson, French singer-songwriter |
| 24th of April 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Enda Kenny, Taoiseach of Ireland |
| 24th of April 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer |
| 24th of April 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer |
| 24th of April 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Mumia Abu-Jamal, American Civil Rights activist, journalist of The Black Panthers |
| 24th of April 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Captain Sensible, British guitarist (The Damned) |
| 24th of April 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Jack Blades, American musician, bassist for Night Ranger, Rubicon (1970s band) and others |
| 24th of April 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Marion Caspers-Merk, German politician |
| 24th of April 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Eamon Gilmore, Tanaiste of Ireland |
| 24th of April 1955 | BIRTHDAY | John de Mol, Dutch media businessman |
| 24th of April 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Michael O'Keefe, American actor |
| 24th of April 1957 | BIRTHDAY | David J, British musician |
| 24th of April 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Boris Williams, British musician (The Cure) |
| 24th of April 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Brian Paddick, British former deputy assistant commissioner and most senior openly gay police officer |
| 24th of April 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer |
| 24th of April 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Malcolm Oastler, Australian engineer |
| 24th of April 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Dave Ridgway, Canadian football player |
| 24th of April 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Paula Yates, British television presenter (d. 2000) |
| 24th of April 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Clemens Binninger, German politician |
| 24th of April 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Stuart Pearce, English footballer and manager |
| 24th of April 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Steve Roach, Australian rugby league footballer |
| 24th of April 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Billy Gould, American musician (Faith No More) |
| 24th of April 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Mano Solo, French singer |
| 24th of April 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Paula Frazer, American singer-songwriter |
| 24th of April 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Tonu Trubetsky, Estonian musician |
| 24th of April 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Witold Smorawinski, Polish musician |
| 24th of April 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian and actor |
| 24th of April 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Djimon Hounsou, Beninese actor |
| 24th of April 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Son Chang Min, South Korean actor |
| 24th of April 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Pierre Brassard, Canadian humorist and actor |
| 24th of April 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer |
| 24th of April 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan baseball player |
| 24th of April 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Aidan Gillen, Irish actor |
| 24th of April 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Yuji Nagata, Japanese professional wrestler |
| 24th of April 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Todd Jones, American baseball player |
| 24th of April 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Stacy Haiduk, American actress |
| 24th of April 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Mark Vanderloo, Dutch model |
| 24th of April 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Hashim Thaci, Kosovan politician |
| 24th of April 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Viveca Paulin, Swedish actress |
| 24th of April 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Melinda Clarke, American actress |
| 24th of April 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer |
| 24th of April 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer |
| 24th of April 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Alejandro Fernandez, Mexican singer |
| 24th of April 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer |
| 24th of April 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer |
| 24th of April 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Nicolas Gill, Canadian judoka |
| 24th of April 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Jure Kosir, Slovenian skier |
| 24th of April 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Chipper Jones, American baseball player |
| 24th of April 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Eric Snow, American basketball player |
| 24th of April 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Gabby Logan, British television presenter |
| 24th of April 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer |
| 24th of April 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Damon Lindelof, American television writer |
| 24th of April 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Lee Westwood, British golfer |
| 24th of April 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Brian Marshall, American bassist (Creed, Alter Bridge) |
| 24th of April 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Derek Luke, American actor |
| 24th of April 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Eric Kripke, American television writer, director and producer |
| 24th of April 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Dave Vitty, British radio personality |
| 24th of April 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Stephen Wiltshire, British artist, autistic savant |
| 24th of April 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Sam Doumit, American actress |
| 24th of April 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Thad Luckinbill, American actor |
| 24th of April 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Steve Finnan, Irish footballer |
| 24th of April 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Siarhey Balakhonau, Belarusian writer |
| 24th of April 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Carlos Beltran, Puerto Rican baseball player |
| 24th of April 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Eric Balfour, American actor |
| 24th of April 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Kim Hyun-ju, Korean actress |
| 24th of April 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Stella Damasus Aboderin, Nigerian actress |
| 24th of April 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Laurentia Tan, Singaporean Paralympic equestrienne |
| 24th of April 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Karen Asrian, Armenian chess Grandmaster (d. 2008) |
| 24th of April 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Danny Gokey, American singer |
| 24th of April 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Austin Nichols, American actor |
| 24th of April 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer |
| 24th of April 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Taylor Dent, American tennis player |
| 24th of April 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Dusty Anderson, American pro wrestler |
| 24th of April 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Yuko Nakanishi, Japanese swimmer |
| 24th of April 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Kelly Clarkson, American singer |
| 24th of April 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Laura Hamilton,Dancing On Ice 2011 Runner-Up |
| 24th of April 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan |
| 24th of April 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Tyson Ritter, American musician |
| 24th of April 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Aaron Cunningham, American baseball player |
| 24th of April 1987 | BIRTHDAY | Kristopher Letang, Canadian hockey player |
| 24th of April 1987 | BIRTHDAY | Jan Vertonghen, Belgian footballer |
| 24th of April 1989 | BIRTHDAY | David Boudia, American diver |
| 24th of April 1992 | BIRTHDAY | Doc Shaw, American child actor |
| 24th of April 1994 | BIRTHDAY | Austin Rogers, American actor |
| 24th of April 1998 | BIRTHDAY | Ryan Newman, American actress |
| 24th of April 0624 | DEATH | Mellitus, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 24th of April 0709 | DEATH | Wilfrid, English archbishop and saint |
| 24th of April 1185 | DEATH | Emperor Antoku of Japan (Born 1178) |
| 24th of April 1338 | DEATH | Theodore I of Montferrat (Born 1291) |
| 24th of April 1342 | DEATH | Pope Benedict XII (Born 1285) |
| 24th of April 1622 | DEATH | Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar and saint (Born 1577) |
| 24th of April 1656 | DEATH | Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (Born 1561) |
| 24th of April 1731 | DEATH | Daniel Defoe, English writer (Born 1660) |
| 24th of April 1736 | DEATH | Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (Born 1663) |
| 24th of April 1779 | DEATH | Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (Born 1711) |
| 24th of April 1794 | DEATH | Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish statesman and soldier; father of Axel von Fersen the Younger (Born 1719) |
| 24th of April 1852 | DEATH | Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (Born 1783) |
| 24th of April 1891 | DEATH | Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (Born 1800) |
| 24th of April 1924 | DEATH | G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (Born 1844) |
| 24th of April 1931 | DEATH | David Kldiashvili, Georgian writer (Born 1862) |
| 24th of April 1938 | DEATH | George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (Born 1863) |
| 24th of April 1939 | DEATH | Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (Born 1881) |
| 24th of April 1942 | DEATH | Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (Born 1874) |
| 24th of April 1942 | DEATH | Karin Boye, Swedish author (Born 1900) |
| 24th of April 1944 | DEATH | Charles Jordan, American magician (Born 1888) |
| 24th of April 1944 | DEATH | William Stephens, American politician (Born 1859) |
| 24th of April 1945 | DEATH | Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (Born 1899) |
| 24th of April 1947 | DEATH | Hans Biebow, German WWII figure (Born 1902) |
| 24th of April 1947 | DEATH | Willa Cather, American writer (Born 1873) |
| 24th of April 1957 | DEATH | Harry McClintock, American country singer and hobo (Born 1882) |
| 24th of April 1960 | DEATH | Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (Born 1879) |
| 24th of April 1962 | DEATH | Milt Franklyn, American musician (Born 1897) |
| 24th of April 1964 | DEATH | Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist (Born 1895) |
| 24th of April 1965 | DEATH | Louise Dresser, American actress (Born 1878) |
| 24th of April 1966 | DEATH | Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet (Born 1902) |
| 24th of April 1967 | DEATH | Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (Born 1927) |
| 24th of April 1970 | DEATH | Otis Spann, American blues pianist (Born 1930) |
| 24th of April 1974 | DEATH | Bud Abbott, American actor and comedian (Born 1895) |
| 24th of April 1975 | DEATH | Pete Ham, Welsh musician (Badfinger) (Born 1947) |
| 24th of April 1980 | DEATH | Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (Born 1904) |
| 24th of April 1982 | DEATH | Ville Ritola, Finnish athlete (Born 1896) |
| 24th of April 1983 | DEATH | Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (Born 1943) |
| 24th of April 1986 | DEATH | Wallis Simpson, wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor (Born 1896) |
| 24th of April 1993 | DEATH | Oliver Tambo, South African politician (Born 1917) |
| 24th of April 1997 | DEATH | Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer (Born 1922) |
| 24th of April 1997 | DEATH | Pat Paulsen, American comedian and politician (Born 1927) |
| 24th of April 2000 | DEATH | William Moore, English actor (Born 1916) |
| 24th of April 2001 | DEATH | Al Hibbler, American singer (Born 1915) |
| 24th of April 2001 | DEATH | Leon Sullivan, African-American civil rights leader and pastor (Born 1922) |
| 24th of April 2002 | DEATH | Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (Born 1908) |
| 24th of April 2004 | DEATH | Estee Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (Born 1906) |
| 24th of April 2005 | DEATH | Ezer Weizman, Israeli politician (Born 1924) |
| 24th of April 2005 | DEATH | Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist (Born 1910) |
| 24th of April 2006 | DEATH | Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (Born 1927) |
| 24th of April 2006 | DEATH | Moshe Teitelbaum, Hassidic rabbi (Born 1914) |
| 24th of April 2006 | DEATH | Brian Labone, English footballer (Born 1940) |
| 24th of April 2007 | DEATH | Roy Jenson, American actor (Born 1927) |
| 24th of April 2009 | DEATH | John Michell, British writer (Born 1933) |
| 24th of April 2011 | DEATH | Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru, spiritual figure (Born 1926) |