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April 24 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 251 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
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 - Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional).1558 - Mary Queen of Scots marries the Dauphin of France , François , at Notre Dame de Paris .1704 - The first regular newspaper in the United States , the Boston, Massachusetts New-Letter , is published.1800 - 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 ".1862 - 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 .1877 - Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878 : Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire .1898 - The Spanish-American War : The United States declare war on Spain .
1907 - Hersheypark , founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.1913 - The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened.1915 - The Armenian Genocide begins with a massacre of hundreds of prominent Armenians in Constantinople (now Istanbul ).1916 - Easter Rising begins: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse , James Connolly , and Joseph Plunkett start a rebellion in Ireland .1918 - First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux , France , when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs .1953 - Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom .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 .1961 - The 17th century Swedish ship Vasa is salvaged .1963 - Marriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London .1964 - Mexico becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty .1965 - Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño , overthrows the triumvirate that was in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch .1967 - Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 , when the 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."
1968 - Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations .1970 - The first Chinese satellite , Dong Fang Hong I , is launched.1970 - The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations , with Dawda Jawara as the first President .
1975 - The Baader-Meinhof Gang blows up the West German embassy in Stockholm .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 by the Space Shuttle Discovery
Shuttle mission
STS-31 lifts off, carrying
Hubble into orbit.
Births
1533 - William I of Orange (d. 1584 )1581 - Vincent de Paul , French saint (d. 1660 )1620 - John Graunt , English statistician and founder of the science of demography (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 )1784 - Peter Vivian Daniel , Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860 )1815 - Anthony Trollope , English novelist (d. 1882 )1845 - Carl Spitteler , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924 )1856 - Henri Philippe Pétain , French soldier and statesman (d. 1951 )1876 - Erich Raeder , German naval commander (d. 1960 )1876 - Ioannis Georgiadis , Greek fencer (d. 1960 )
1878 - Jean Crotti , Swiss artist (d. 1958 )1882 - Hugh Dowding , Scottish fighter pilot (d. 1970 )1887 - Denys Finch Hatton , English big-game hunter (d. 1931 )1889 - 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 - José Antonio Primo de Rivera , founder of the Falange (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 - Marceline Day , American actor (d. 2000 )1914 - William Castle , American film director and producer (d. 1977 )1916 - Lou Thesz , American professional wrestler (d. 2002 )1922 - J.D. Cannon , American actor (d. 2005 )1924 - Sir Clement Freud , British writer, radio personality, and politician1924 - Ruth Kobart , American actor and singer (d. 2002 )
1926 - Thorbjörn Fälldin , Prime Minister of Sweden 1929 - Dr.Rajkumar , Kannada actor1930 - Jerome Callet , American musician1930 - Richard Donner , American film director and producer
1933 - Patricia Bosworth , American actor, journalist, writer and biographer1933 - Claire Davenport , British actress (d. 2002 )
1933 - Alan Eagleson , Canadian hockey agent and promoter
1933 - Helmuth Lohner , Austrian actor
1933 - Freddie Scott , American singer (d. 2007 )
1934 - Shirley MacLaine , American actor and author1936 - Jill Ireland , British actress (d. 1990 )1937 - Joe Henderson , American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001 )1940 - Sue Grafton , American author1941 - John Williams , Australian guitarist1942 - Richard M. Daley , American politician1942 - Barbra Streisand , American singer and actor
1943 - Richard Sterban , American singer1945 - Doug Clifford , American drummer1945 - Robert Knight , American singer
1945 - Doug Riley , Canadian musician (d. 2007 )
1945 - Dick Rivers , French singer and actor
1947 - Claude Dubois , Quebec singer and songwriter1947 - Josep Borrell Fontelles , Former President of the European Parliament
1947 - Roger D. Kornberg , American chemist, Nobel-prized
1948 - Paul Cellucci , 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada 1949 - Véronique Sanson , French singer and songwriter1952 - Jean-Paul Gaultier , French fashion designer1953 - Eric Bogosian , American actor and writer1954 - Mumia Abu-Jamal , American death-row inmate1954 - Captain Sensible , British guitarist
1955 - John de Mol , Dutch media businessman1957 - David J , British musician1957 - Boris Williams , British musician
1958 - Valery Lantratov , Russian ballet dancer1958 - Brian Paddick , British former deputy assistant commissioner and most senior openly gay police officer
1959 - Malcolm Oastler , Australian engineer1959 - Dave Ridgway , Canadian football player
1960 - Paula Yates , British television presenter (d. 2000 )1962 - Stuart Pearce , English footballer and manager1962 - Steve Roach , Australian rugby league footballer
1963 - Paula Frazer , American singer/songwriter1963 - Billy Gould , American musician
1963 - Mano Solo , French singer
1963 - Tõnu Trubetsky , Estonian musician
1964 - Cedric the Entertainer , American comedian and actor1964 - Djimon Hounsou , African actor
1965 - Son Chang Min , South Korean actor1966 - Pierre Brassard , Quebec humorist and actor1966 - Alessandro Costacurta , Italian footballer
1967 - Omar Vizquel , American baseball player1968 - Stacy Haiduk , American actress1968 - Todd Jones , American baseball player
1968 - Yuji Nagata , Japanese professional wrestler
1968 - Hashim Thaci , Kosovan politician
1969 - Elias Atmatsidis , Greek footballer1969 - Melinda Clarke , American actress
1969 - Viveca Paulin , Swedish actress
1970 - Damien Fleming , Australian fast bowler1971 - Mauro Pawlowski , Belgian guitarist and singer1972 - Rab Douglas , Scottish footballer1972 - Nicolas Gill , French Canadian judoka
1972 - Chipper Jones , baseball player
1972 - Jure Košir , Slovenian skier
1973 - Eric Snow , American basketball player1973 - Sachin Tendulkar , Indian cricketer
1973 - Gabby Logan , British television presenter
1974 - Joseph Bruce , American rapper1974 - Kristie Krabe , American stage actress
1974 - Derek Luke , American actor
1974 - Eric Kripke , American television writer, director and producer
1974 - Brian Marshall , American bassist
1974 - Dave Vitty , British radio personality
1975 - Sam Doumit , American actress1976 - Steve Finnan , Irish footballer1977 - Siarhey Balakhonau , Belarus writer1977 - Carlos Beltran , Puerto Rican baseball player
1978 - Eric Balfour , American actor1978 - Kim Hyun-ju , Korean actress
1978 - Stella Damasus Aboderin , Nigerian actress1980 - Fernando Arce , Mexican footballer1980 - Austin Nichols , American actor
1981 - Taylor Dent , American tennis player1982 - Kelly Clarkson , American singer1983 - Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan1984 - Tyson Ritter , American musician1991 - Ryan Phillips , Canadian musician1994 - Austin Rogers , American actor1998 - Ryan Newman , American actress
Deaths
624 - Mellitus , third Archbishop of Canterbury 709 - Wilfrid , English archbishop and saint1338 - Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291 )1342 - Pope Benedict XII (b. 1285 )1622 - Fidelis of Sigmaringen , Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577 )1656 - Thomas Fincke , Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561 )1731 - Daniel Defoe , English writer (b. 1660 )1736 - Prince Eugene of Savoy , French-born Austrian general (b. 1663 )1779 - Eleazar Wheelock , American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711 )1852 - Vasily Zhukovsky , Russian poet (b. 1783 )1891 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder , Prussian field marshal (b. 1800 )*1924 - G. Stanley Hall , American psychologist (b. 1844 )1938 - George Grey Barnard , American sculptor (b. 1863 )1939 - Louis Trousselier , French cyclist (b. 1881 )1942 - Karin Boye , Swedish author (b. 1900 )1942 - Lucy Maud Montgomery , Canadian author (b. 1874 )
1944 - William Stephens , U.S. political figure (b. 1859 )1945 - Ernst-Robert Grawitz , German physician (b. 1899 )1947 - Willa Cather , American writer (b. 1873 )1947 - Hans Biebow , German war criminal (by execution ; b. 1902 )
1960 - Max von Laue , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879 )1964 - Gerhard Domagk , German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (declined) (b. 1895 )1965 - Louise Dresser , American actress (b. 1878 )1967 - Vladimir Komarov , cosmonaut (b. 1927 )1974 - Bud Abbott , American actor and comedian (b. 1895 )1975 - Pete Ham , Welsh musician and frontman of Badfinger (b. 1947 )1980 - Alejo Carpentier , Cuban writer (b. 1904 )1982 - Ville Ritola , Finnish athlete (b. 1896 )1983 - Rolf Stommelen , German race car driver (b. 1943 )1986 - Wallis Simpson , American wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor (b. 1896 )1993 - Oliver Tambo , South African activist and politician (b. 1917 )1997 - Pat Paulsen , American comedian and politician (b. 1927 )1997 - Eugene Stoner , American engineer and weapons designer (b. 1922 )
2001 - Al Hibbler , American singer (b. 1915 )2001 - Leon Sullivan , African-American civil rights leader and pastor (b. 1922 )
2004 - Estée Lauder , American cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1906 )2005 - Ezer Weizman , President of Israel (b. 1924 )2005 - Fei Xiaotong , Chinese sociologist (b. 1910 )
2006 - Steve Stavro , Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1927 )2006 - Moshe Teitelbaum , Hassidic rabbi (b. 1914 )
2006 - Brian Labone , English footballer (b. 1940 )
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