April 24th

2013
1129 people die in the worst building collapse disaster in modern history. The building was used by clothing factories producing garments for western markets, highlighting the disastrous working conditions in the industry.
2013 Savar building collapse
2005
Pope Benedict XVI was installed as leader of the Roman Catholic Church in cermonies at the Vatican.
Pope Benedict XVI
1996
The main assembly of the Palestine Liberation Organization voted to revoke clauses in its charter that called for an armed struggle to destroy Israel.
Palestinian National Covenant
1990
The shuttle Discovery blasted off with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Space Shuttle Discovery
1980
The United States launched an abortive attempt to free the American hostages in Iran. eight U.S. servicemen died.
Eric L. Haney
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.".
Westmoreland v. CBS
1962
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology achieved the first satellite relay of a television signal.
Telstar
1957
The Suez Canal reopens after the Suez Crisis. The conflict between Egypt on the one hand and France, the United Kingdom and Israel on the other, erupted in October 1956 when Egypt announced that the canal will be nationalized.
Suez Crisis
1953
Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
Honours of Winston Churchill
1916
The Easter Rebellion begins in Dublin, Ireland. Although unsuccessful, the uprising was an important symbolic event leading to the establishment of the Republic of Ireland.
Easter, 1916
1915
The Ottoman Empire rounded up Armenian political and cultural leaders in Constantinople at the start of what many scholars regard as the first genocide of the 20th century, in which an estimated 1.5 million Armenians died.
Armenian Genocide
1898
Spain declared war on the United States after rejecting America's ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba.
Spanish–American War
1877
Federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans, ending the North's post-Civil War rule in the South.
Compromise of 1877
1800
Congress approved a bill establishing the Library of Congress.
Library of Congress
1792
The French national anthem, 'La Marseillaise,' was composed by Capt. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
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).
April 24
1184 BC
The Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date).
Latins (Italic tribe)
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