April 24 in History

Historical Events on April 24

1913 The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.

1915 The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.

1916 Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.

1933 Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.

1953 Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

1957 Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.

1965 Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño, overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.

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."

1993 An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.

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Famous Birthdays on April 24

1942 Barbra Streisand

1973 Sachin Tendulkar

1982 Kelly Clarkson

1996 Ashleigh Barty

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Famous Deaths on April 24

1891 Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

1942 Lucy Maud Montgomery

1947 Willa Cather

2011 Sathya Sai Baba

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