April 24

Events

 * - ascends to the throne of, although power effectively shifts to  (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty).
 * - enter  using the  (traditional).
 * - marries the, , at.
 * - The first regular in the, the  , is published.
 * - The  is established when   signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of ".
 * - : A commanded by    passes two  forts on the  on its way to capture.
 * - The : a of 53  men from the  tribe in.
 * - : Russia declares war on.
 * -, founded by , for the exclusive use of his employees is opened.
 * - The  in  was opened.
 * - The began with a massacre of hundreds of prominent Armenians in Constantinople (now Istanbul).
 * - begins: The  led by , , and  start a rebellion in.
 * - First tank to tank combat, at, , when three British s met three German s.
 * - : – The  begins evacuating.
 * - is knighted by.
 * - ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of  and  finish a meeting that condemned, , and the.
 * - The  ship  is.
 * - Marriage of  to  at  in.
 * - becomes a signatory to the.
 * - Civil war breaks out in the Colonel, overthrows the  that was in power since the  against.
 * -  dies in, when the  fails to open. He was the first human to die during a space mission.
 * 1967  - :    says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the  that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily."
 * - becomes a member state of the.
 * - The first, , is launched.
 * 1970  -  becomes a  within the, with  as the first.
 * - The blow up the   in.
 * - Eight servicemen died in  as they attempted to end the.
 * - : The is launched by the  .
 * 1990  -, , is officially declared free of  after 48 years of.
 * - is awarded the   for which he had been recommended in.
 * - The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act came into force establishing system in.
 * 1993  - An  bomb devastates the  area of.
 * - In the, the is introduced.
 * - lifts  imposed on  18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating.
 * -  is  as the 265th  of the  taking the name.
 * - of  gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament that he dissolved in.
 * - announces that  will shoulder the  during peacetime.

Births

 * - (d. )
 * -, French saint (d. )
 * -, Italian musician (d. )
 * -, Irish-born painter (d. )
 * -, British inventor (d. )
 * -, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. )
 * -, English novelist (d. )
 * -, laureate (d. )
 * -, French soldier and statesman (d. )
 * -, German naval commander (d. )
 * 1876  -, Greek fencer (d. )
 * -, Swiss artist (d. )
 * -, Scottish fighter pilot (d. )
 * -, English big-game hunter (d. )
 * -, British politician (d. )
 * 1889  -, Russian painter (d. )
 * -, American linguist (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Russian-born mathematician (d. )
 * -, founder of the (d. )
 * -, Dutch painter (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, Irish fascist (d. )
 * -, British psychiatrist (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American film director and producer (d. )
 * -, American professional wrestler (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * - Sir, British writer, radio personality, and politician
 * -, Kannada actor
 * -, American musician
 * 1930  -, American film director and producer
 * -, British actress (d. )
 * 1933  -, Austrian actor
 * 1933  -, American singer
 * 1933  -, Canadian hockey agent and promoter
 * -, American actress and author
 * -, British actress (d. )
 * -, American jazz saxophonist (d. )
 * -, American author
 * -, Australian guitarist
 * -, American politician
 * 1942  -, American singer/actress
 * -, American drummer
 * 1945  -, Canadian musician (d. )
 * 1945  -, French singer and actor
 * 1945  -, American singer
 * -, American chemist, Nobel-prized
 * 1947  -, Quebec singer and songwriter
 * 1947  -, Former President of the European Parilment, Socialist
 * -, French singer and songwriter
 * -, French fashion designer
 * -, American actor and writer
 * -, American death-row inmate
 * 1954  -, British guitarist
 * -, Dutch media tycoon
 * -, British musician
 * 1957  -, British musician
 * -, Russian ballet dancer
 * 1958  -, British former deputy assistant commissioner and most senior openly gay police officer
 * -, Australian engineer
 * 1959  -, Canadian football player
 * -, British television presenter (d. )
 * -, English footballer and manager
 * 1962  -, Australian rugby league footballer
 * -, American singer/songwriter
 * 1963  -, American musician
 * 1963  -, French singer
 * 1963  -, Estonian musician , anarchist
 * -, American comedian and actor
 * 1964  -, African-American actor
 * -, South Korean actor
 * -, Italian footballer
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * 1968  -, Kosovan politician
 * 1968  -, Japanese professional wrestler
 * 1968  -, American baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * 1969  -, Greek footballer
 * 1969  -, Swedish actress
 * -, Belgian guitarist and singer ( and )
 * 1971  -, American pornographic actor
 * -, baseball player
 * 1972  -, Slovenian skier
 * 1972  -, Scottish footballer
 * 1972  -, French Canadian judoka
 * -, Indian cricketer
 * -, aka Comedy Dave, British television host
 * 1974  -, American bassist
 * 1974  -, American rapper
 * 1974  -, American stage actress
 * 1974  -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Irish footballer
 * -, Puerto Rican player
 * 1977  -, Belarusian writer
 * -, American actor
 * 1978  -, Korean actress
 * -, Mexican footballer
 * 1980  -, American actor
 * -, American tennis player
 * -, American singer
 * -, of Jordan
 * -, Irish football player
 * -, American musician
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress

Deaths

 * -, third
 * -, English archbishop and saint
 * - Marquis (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. )
 * -, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, French-born Austrian general (b. )
 * -, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. )
 * -, Russian poet (b. )
 * -, Prussian field marshal (b. )
 * -, American psychologist (b. )
 * -, American sculptor (b. )
 * -, French cyclist (b. )
 * -, Swedish author (b. )
 * 1942  -, Canadian author (b. )
 * -, U.S. political figure (b. )
 * -, German physician (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * 1947  -, German war criminal (b. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, German bacteriologist, recipient of the (declined) (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, cosmonaut (b. )
 * -, American actor and comedian (b. )
 * -, Welsh musician and frontman of (b. )
 * -, Cuban writer (b. )
 * -, Finnish athlete (b. )
 * -, American wife of (b. )
 * -, South African activist and politician (b. )
 * -, American comedian and politician (b. )
 * 1997  -, American engineer and weapons designer (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * 2001  -, African-American civil rights leader and pastor (b. )
 * -, American cosmetics entrepreneur (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * 2005  -, Chinese sociologist (b. )
 * -, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. )
 * 2006  -, Hassidic rabbi (b. )
 * 2006  -, English footballer (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * Remembrance Day.
 * - a day of remembrance for  veterans, named after the  in
 * - in.

Liturgical feast days
in the :
 * Saint Alexander (died 178)
 * Saint (d. 1868)
 * Saint (d. 1868)
 * Saint (d. 1868)
 * Saint (d. 1868)