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.
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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 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).
- 1558 –Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
- 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.
- 1922 –The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
- 1963 –Marriage of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent to the Hon Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1967 –Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
- 1970 –The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President.
- 1971 –Soyuz 10 docks with Salyut 1.
- 2005 –Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
- 2007 –Iceland announces that Norway will shoulder the defense of Iceland during peacetime.
Who were born on April 24?
- 1581 –Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)
- 1878 –Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)
- 1906 –Mimi Smith, maternal aunt and guardian of John Lennon (d. 1991)
- 1906 –William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)
- 1907 –William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d. 1988)
- 1936 –Jill Ireland, British actress (d. 1990)
- 1945 –Doug Clifford, American drummer
- 1974 –Derek Luke, American actor
- 1982 –Laura Hamilton, Dancing On Ice 2011 Runner-Up
- 1989 –David Boudia, American diver
Who died on April 24?
- 1891 –Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (b. 1800)
- 1924 –G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (b. 1844)
- 1947 –Hans Biebow, German WWII figure (b. 1902)
- 1962 –Milt Franklyn, American musician (b. 1897)
- 1965 –Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
- 1967 –Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1927)
- 1975 –Pete Ham, Welsh musician (Badfinger) (b. 1947)
- 1997 –Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer (b. 1922)
- 2006 –Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1927)
- 2007 –Roy Jenson, American actor (b. 1927)
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