What are the important events that happened on April 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 24: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 24 is the 114th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 251 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 11, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,090,880 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecatetragon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 299 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,507 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 24 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1904 –The Lithuanian press ban is lifted after almost 40 years.
- 1916 –Easter Rising: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett starts a rebellion in Ireland.
- 1916 –Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the ice-trapped ship ship .
- 1926 –The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
- 1955 –The Bandung Conference ends: 29 non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
- 1971 –Soyuz 10 docks with Salyut 1.
- 1993 –An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
- 2005 –Snuppy, the world’s first cloned dog, is born in South Korea.
- 2007 –Iceland announces that Norway will shoulder the defense of Iceland during peacetime.
Who were born on April 24?
- 1882 –Sir Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (d. 1970)
- 1934 –Shirley MacLaine, American actor and author
- 1947 –Josep Borrell, Spanish politician
- 1952 –Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
- 1962 –Steve Roach, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1963 –Mano Solo, French singer
- 1968 –Stacy Haiduk, American actress
- 1973 –Lee Westwood, British golfer
- 1987 –Jan Vertonghen, Belgian footballer
- 1998 –Ryan Newman, American actress
Who died on April 24?
- 1731 –Daniel Defoe, English writer (b. 1660)
- 1736 –Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)
- 1942 –Karin Boye, Swedish author (b. 1900)
- 1947 –Hans Biebow, German WWII figure (b. 1902)
- 1964 –Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist (b. 1895)
- 1967 –Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1927)
- 1993 –Oliver Tambo, South African politician (b. 1917)
- 2005 –Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist (b. 1910)
- 2009 –John Michell, British writer (b. 1933)
- 2011 –Marie-France Pisier, French actress (b. 1944)
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