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24 April

On This Day: 24 April

St. Augustine of Hippo is baptised Click to show or hide the answer
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats the Protestants at Muhlberg Click to show or hide the answer
Mary Queen of Scots (aged 16) marries the Dauphin of France, the future Charles II Click to show or hide the answer
Boston News–Letter first published – the first regular newspaper in British colonial America Click to show or hide the answer
George Stevenson dies after a bout with Jack Broughton in Taylor's Booth, Tottenham Court Road, London – the first fighter to die as a direct result of a prize fight Click to show or hide the answer
La Marseillaise – words and music – composed by Rouget de Lisle Click to show or hide the answer
Robespierre issues the Declaration of Human Rights Click to show or hide the answer
US Congress votes to establish the Library of Congress, Washington Click to show or hide the answer
Ku Klux Klan formed Click to show or hide the answer
The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire Click to show or hide the answer
Sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West (Show) Click to show or hide the answer
Garrick Theatre, London, opens Click to show or hide the answer
Actuary Society of America founded Click to show or hide the answer
Joshua Slocum leaves Boston, Massachusetts in his sloop Spray, on the first solo circumnavigation Click to show or hide the answer
Spain declares war on the USA Click to show or hide the answer
Daily Express , founded by Sir Arthur Pearson, first published Click to show or hide the answer
The Woolworth Building (a New York skyscraper) is opened Click to show or hide the answer
Young Turks government of the Ottoman Empire orders the arrest of 235 political and intellectual leaders of the Armenian community in Istanbul Click to show or hide the answer
Easter rising, Dublin, begins (Easter Monday) Click to show or hide the answer
Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans–Arctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from Elephant Island to SouthGeorgia, to organise a rescue for the remaining crew of Endurance Click to show or hide the answer
In signing the Treaty of Berlin, 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 Click to show or hide the answer
Nazis win many seats in the German elections Click to show or hide the answer
Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, which would lead to substantial reforms in UK land access law Click to show or hide the answer
Robert Menzies becomes prime minister of Australia Click to show or hide the answer
US forces liberate Dachau concentration camp Click to show or hide the answer
Rationing of sweets and chocolates ends in Great Britain Click to show or hide the answer
Winston Churchill is knighted Click to show or hide the answer
The first Bandung Conference, in which 29 non–aligned nations of Asia and Africa condemned colonialism, racism, and the Cold War, ends Click to show or hide the answer
The Suez Canal is re–opened following the introduction of UN peacekeepers Click to show or hide the answer
The Sky at Night , introduced by Patrick Moore, first broadcast Click to show or hide the answer
Princess Alexandra marries Angus Ogilvy in Westminster Abbey Click to show or hide the answer
The Pennine Way – Britain's first official long–distance footpath – is officially opened Click to show or hide the answer
Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov becomes the first human to die on a space mission, as Soyuz I crashes when its parachute fails to open Click to show or hide the answer
Lerner and Loewe's musical Man of La Mancha first performed Click to show or hide the answer
The Gambia is declared a republic Click to show or hide the answer
China launches its first satellite Click to show or hide the answer
Eight US servicemen die in a failed attempt to free 53 hostages from its embassy in Beirut (Operation Eagle Claw) Click to show or hide the answer
Herbert von Karajan, chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, resigns due to ill health Click to show or hide the answer
Space shuttle Discovery launched, carrying the Hubble telescope Click to show or hide the answer
Gruinard Island, off the west coast of Scotland, is officially declared free of anthrax, after being quarantined for 48 years Click to show or hide the answer
London's Bishopsgate area is devastated by an IRA bomb Click to show or hide the answer
A nail bomb explodes in Brick Lane in London's East End Click to show or hide the answer
Tariq Aziz, former foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Iraq, surrenders to US forces in Baghdad Click to show or hide the answer
US economic sanctions on Libya, imposed in 1986, are lifted in recognition of its co–operation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction Click to show or hide the answer
Three explosions in the Egyptian resort of Dahab, Sinai, leave at least 23 dead and 150 wounded Click to show or hide the answer
1,129 people lose their lives, and 2,500 others are injured, when a building collapses near Dhaka (Bangladesh) Click to show or hide the answer

© Haydn Thompson 2019