Wednesday, April 24, 2013

This will be 114th day of the year and 251 days will remain in the year.


April 24 Birthdays

Robert Penn Warren
1905–89, American novelist, poet, and critic, born in Guthrie, Ky.

Anthony Trollope
novelist (1815)

 John R. Pope
architect (1874)

 Willem de Kooning
artist (1904)

 Shirley MacLaine
actress (1934)

 Barbra Streisand
performer (1942)

April 24 in History

1800

Library of Congress was established.

1898

Spain declared war on the U.S..

1915

Turks began deportation of Armenians that led to the massacre of between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians.

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.

1953

Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

1990

The shuttle Discovery blasted off with the Hubble Space Telescope.

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