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 115th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 251 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 11, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,565,280 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 ‘hectadecapentagon’ day.
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 280 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 4,142 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 24 Historical Events
- 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).
- 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 .
- 1953 –Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
- 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.
- 1971 –Soyuz 10 docks with Salyut 1.
- 1980 –Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
- 1993 –An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
- 1996 –In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is introduced.
- 2004 –The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
- 2005 –Snuppy, the world’s first cloned dog, is born in South Korea.
Who were born on April 24?
- 1872 –Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian centenarian and Circus performer
- 1879 –Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian centenarian and Circus performer d. 1984
- 1945 –Doug Riley, Canadian musician (d. 2007)
- 1958 –Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer
- 1962 –Steve Roach, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1963 –Billy Gould, American musician (Faith No More)
- 1975 –Thad Luckinbill, American actor
- 1977 –Siarhey Balakhonau, Belarusian writer
- 1978 –Eric Balfour, American actor
- 1978 –Stella Damasus Aboderin, Nigerian actress
Who died on April 24?
- 1736 –Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)
- 1891 –Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (b. 1800)
- 1931 –David Kldiashvili, Georgian writer (b. 1862)
- 1944 –William Stephens, American politician (b. 1859)
- 1957 –Harry McClintock, American country singer and hobo (b. 1882)
- 1960 –Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
- 1964 –Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist (b. 1895)
- 1966 –Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet (b. 1902)
- 2001 –Leon Sullivan, African-American civil rights leader and pastor (b. 1922)
- 2002 –Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908)
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