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April 24 is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 251 days remain until the end of the year.

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).
• 1184 BC – Traditional date of the fall of Troy.
• 1547 – Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
• 1558 – Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
• 1704 – The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published in Boston, Massachusetts.
• 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
• 1877 – Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• 1885 – American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• 1895 – Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
• 1904 – The Lithuanian press ban is lifted after almost 40 years.
• 1907 – Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.
• 1913 – The Woolworth Building skyscraper in New York City is opened.
• 1914 – The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
• 1915 – The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
• 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 Endurance.
• 1918 – First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
• 1922 – The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
• 1923 – In Vienna, the paper Das Ich und das Es (The Ego and the Id) by Sigmund Freud is published, which outlines Freud's theories of the id, ego, and super-ego.
• 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.
• 1932 – Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• 1955 – The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
• 1957 – Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
• 1957 – The BBC first broadcast The Sky at Night presented by Patrick Moore
• 1963 – Marriage of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent to the Hon Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
• 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 – Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
• 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."
• 1968 – Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.
• 1970 – The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched.
• 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.
• 1980 – Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
• 1990 – STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.

  

• 1990 – Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
• 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 passed into law.
• 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 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
• 2005 – Snuppy becomes world's first cloned dog.
• 2013 – A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others.

Births

• 702 – Ja'far al-Sadiq, Arabian Imam (d. 765)
• 1533 – William the Silent, German son of William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (d. 1584)
• 1581 – Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (d. 1660)
• 1620 – John Graunt, English statistician (d. 1674)
• 1706 – Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist (d. 1780)
• 1718 – Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter (d. 1784)
• 1743 – Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman, invented the power loom (d. 1823)
• 1784 – Peter Vivian Daniel, American jurist (d. 1860)
• 1815 – Anthony Trollope, English author (d. 1882)
• 1845 – Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
• 1856 – Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (d. 1951)
• 1876 – Erich Raeder, German admiral (d. 1960)
• 1878 – Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (d. 1958)
• 1879 – Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian-American centenarian (d. 1984)
• 1880 – Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper (d. 1954)
• 1882 – Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish air marshal (d. 1970)
• 1885 – Con Walsh, Irish-Canadian hammer thrower (d. 1961)
• 1887 – Denys Finch Hatton, English hunter (d. 1931)
• 1889 – Stafford Cripps, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1952)
• 1889 – Dioscoride Lanza, Italian racing driver
• 1889 – Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)
• 1897 – Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican politician, 45th President of Mexico (d. 1955)
• 1897 – Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist (d. 1941)
• 1899 – Oscar Zariski, Russian-American mathematician (d. 1986)
• 1900 – Elizabeth Goudge, English author (d. 1984)
• 1903 – José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician, founded the Falange (d. 1936)
• 1904 – Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter (d. 1997)
• 1905 – Al Bates, American long jumper (d. 1999)
• 1905 – Robert Penn Warren, American author and poet (d. 1989)
• 1906 – William Joyce, American-born Irish-British Fascist politician and Nazi propaganda broadcaster (d. 1946)
• 1906 – Mimi Smith, English nurse (d. 1991)
• 1907 – William Sargant, English psychiatrist (d. 1988)
• 1908 – Marceline Day, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1908 – Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (d. 1963)
• 1913 – Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
• 1914 – Larry J. Blake, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1914 – William Castle, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1914 – Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1991)
• 1914 – Justin Wilson, American chef and author (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Lou Thesz, American wrestler (d. 2002)
• 1919 – David Blackwell, American mathematician and academic (d. 2010)
• 1919 – Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Gino Valenzano, Italian racing driver (d. 2011)
• 1922 – J. D. Cannon, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Marc-Adélard Tremblay, Canadian anthropologist (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Doris Burn, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Clement Freud, German-English radio host, academic, and politician (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Ruth Kobart, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Thorbjörn Fälldin, Swedish farmer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1927 – Josy Barthel, Luxembourger runner (d. 1992)
• 1928 – Ralph Brown, English sculptor (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1929 – Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Jerome Callet, American instrument designer, educator, and author
• 1930 – Richard Donner, American actor, director, and producer
• 1930 – José Sarney, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Brazil
• 1931 – Abdelhamid Kermali, Algerian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Bridget Riley, English painter and illustrator
• 1933 – Patricia Bosworth, American actress, journalist, and author
• 1933 – Claire Davenport, English actress (d. 2002)
• 1933 – Alan Eagleson, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1933 – Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor and director
• 1933 – Freddie Scott, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (d. 2015)
• 1934 – John Cameron, Lord Coulsfield, Scottish judge
• 1934 – Shirley MacLaine, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1935 – Tucker Smith, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1988)
• 1936 – David Crombie, Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto
• 1936 – Glen Hobbie, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Jill Ireland, English actress (d. 1990)
• 1937 – Joe Henderson, American saxophonist (d. 2001)
• 1940 – Sue Grafton, American author
• 1940 – Chris Kelly, English television host and producer
• 1940 – Trevor Kent, Australian actor (d. 1989)
• 1941 – Richard Holbrooke, American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2010)
• 1941 – John Williams, Australian-English guitarist
• 1942 – Richard M. Daley, American politician, 54th Mayor of Chicago
• 1942 – Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic
• 1942 – Barbra Streisand, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
• 1943 – Hew Pike, British general
• 1943 – Richard Sterban, American singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
• 1943 – Gordon West, English footballer (d. 2012)
• 1944 – Peter Cresswell, English judge
• 1944 – St. Clair Lee, American singer (The Hues Corporation) (d. 2011)
• 1944 – Maarja Nummert, Estonian architect
• 1944 – Tony Visconti, American singer and producer
• 1945 – Graeme Catto, Scottish physician and academic
• 1945 – Doug Clifford, American drummer and songwriter (Creedence Clearwater Revival, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, and Don Harrison Band)
• 1945 – Robert Knight, American singer
• 1945 – Doug Riley, Canadian keyboard player and producer (Dr. Music) (d. 2007)
• 1945 – Dick Rivers, French singer and actor (Les Chats Sauvages)
• 1946 – Doug Christie, Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Piers Gough, English architect
• 1946 – Phil Robertson, American businessman, founded Duck Commander
• 1947 – Josep Borrell, Spanish politician, 22nd President of the European Parliament
• 1947 – João Braz de Aviz, Brazilian cardinal
• 1947 – Claude Dubois, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician
• 1947 – Roger D. Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1948 – Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2013)
• 1948 – Eliana Gil, American therapist specializing in abuse and trauma
• 1948 – David Ingram, American keyboard player and songwriter (AnExchange and Love Song) (d. 2005)
• 1949 – Eddie Hart, American sprinter
• 1949 – James Paice, English politician
• 1949 – Véronique Sanson, French singer-songwriter and producer
• 1951 – Ron Arad, Israeli architect
• 1951 – Christian Bobin, French author and poet
• 1951 – Nigel Harrison, English bass player and songwriter (Blondie and Silverhead)
• 1951 – Enda Kenny, Irish politician, 13th Taoiseach of Ireland
• 1952 – Jean Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
• 1952 – Ralph Winter, American film producer
• 1953 – Eric Bogosian, American actor, playwright, and author
• 1954 – Mumia Abu-Jamal, American journalist, cause celebre, and convicted murderer
• 1954 – Jack Blades, American bass player and songwriter (Night Ranger, Rubicon, Damn Yankees, and Tak Matsumoto Group)
• 1954 – Captain Sensible, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Damned and Dead Men Walking)
• 1955 – Marion Caspers-Merk, German politician
• 1955 – John de Mol, Dutch businessman, co-founded Endemol
• 1955 – Eamon Gilmore, Irish politician, 25th Tánaiste of Ireland
• 1955 – Guy Nève, Belgian race car driver (d. 1992)
• 1955 – Michael O'Keefe, American actor
• 1956 – Richard Sambrook, English journalist and academic
• 1956 – James A. Winnefeld, Jr., American admiral
• 1957 – Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-English politician
• 1957 – David J, English bass player (Bauhaus and Love and Rockets)
• 1957 – Boris Williams, French-English drummer (The Cure, Thompson Twins, and Babacar)
• 1958 – Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer
• 1958 – Brian Paddick, English police officer and politician
• 1959 – Eren Keskin, Turkish lawyer and activist
• 1959 – Glenn Morshower, American actor
• 1959 – Malcolm Oastler, Australian-English engineer
• 1959 – Dave Ridgway, English-Canadian football player
• 1959 – Paula Yates, Welsh television personality and author (d. 2000)
• 1961 – Andrew Murrison, English physician and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
• 1962 – Clemens Binninger, German politician
• 1962 – Stuart Pearce, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1962 – Steve Roach, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1963 – Paula Frazer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Tarnation, Faith No More, and Frightwig)
• 1963 – Billy Gould, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Faith No More, Harmful, Fear and the Nervous System, and Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine)
• 1963 – Mano Solo, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2010)
• 1963 – Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian singer-songwriter (Vennaskond and J.M.K.E.)
• 1963 – Joey Vera,American bass player (Fates Warning and Armored Saint)
• 1964 – Helga Arendt, German sprinter (d. 2013)
• 1964 – Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1964 – Djimon Hounsou, Beninese-American actor
• 1964 – Witold Smorawiński, Polish guitarist, composer, and educator
• 1964 – Gregory Sporleder, American actor
• 1965 – Jeff Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1965 – Son Chang-min, South Korean actor
• 1966 – Pierre Brassard, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1966 – Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1966 – David Usher, English-Canadian singer-songwriter (Moist)
• 1967 – Dino Rađa, Croatian basketball player
• 1967 – Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan-American baseball player and coach
• 1968 – Aidan Gillen, Irish actor
• 1968 – Stacy Haiduk, American actress
• 1968 – Todd Jones, American baseball player
• 1968 – Yuji Nagata, Japanese wrestler
• 1968 – Roxanna Panufnik, English composer
• 1968 – Hashim Thaçi, Kosovan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Kosovo
• 1968 – Mark Vanderloo, Dutch model
• 1969 – Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
• 1969 – Melinda Clarke, American actress
• 1969 – Viveca Paulin, Swedish-American actress
• 1969 – Rory McCann, Scottish actor
• 1969 – Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish politician
• 1970 – Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1971 – Alejandro Fernández, Mexican singer
• 1971 – Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Evil Superstars and Deus)
• 1972 – Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
• 1972 – Nicolas Gill, Canadian martial artist
• 1972 – Chipper Jones, American baseball player
• 1972 – Jure Košir, Slovenian skier
• 1973 – Gabby Logan, English gymnast and radio host
• 1973 – Damon Lindelof, American screenwriter and producer
• 1973 – Brian Marshall, American bass player and songwriter (Creed and Alter Bridge)
• 1973 – Eric Snow, American basketball player and coach
• 1973 – Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
• 1973 – Toomas Tohver, Estonian footballer
• 1973 – Lee Westwood, English-American golfer
• 1974 – Comedy Dave, Hong Kong-English radio host
• 1974 – Eric Kripke, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Derek Luke, American actor
• 1974 – Stephen Wiltshire, English illustrator
• 1975 – Sam Doumit, American actress
• 1975 – Thad Luckinbill, American actor
• 1976 – Steve Finnan, Irish footballer
• 1976 – Frédéric Niemeyer, Canadian tennis player
• 1977 – Siarhey Balakhonau, Belarusian author
• 1977 – Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1977 – Kim Hyun-joo, Korean actress
• 1978 – Eric Balfour, American actor and singer
• 1978 – Stella Damasus-Aboderin, Nigerian actress and singer
• 1979 – Laurentia Tan, Singaporean-English horse rider
• 1980 – Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Karen Asrian, Armenian chess player (d. 2008)
• 1980 – Danny Gokey, American singer-songwriter
• 1980 – Reagan Gomez-Preston, American actress
• 1980 – Austin Nichols, American actor and director
• 1981 – Taylor Dent, American tennis player
• 1981 – Yuko Nakanishi, Japanese swimmer
• 1982 – Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1982 – Laura Hamilton, English television host
• 1982 – David Oliver, American hurdler
• 1982 – Simon Tischer, American volleyball player
• 1983 – Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan
• 1983 – Will Champlin, American singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Hanna Melnychenko, Ukrainian heptathlete
• 1984 – Tyson Ritter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The All-American Rejects)
• 1985 – Mike Rodgers, American sprinter
• 1985 – Kaori Nazuka, Japanese actress
• 1986 – Aaron Cunningham, American baseball player
• 1986 – Tahyna Tozzi, Australian model, singer and actress
• 1987 – Varun Dhawan, Indian actor
• 1987 – Ben Howard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 – Kristopher Letang, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Rein Taaramäe, Estonian cyclist
• 1987 – Jan Vertonghen, Belgian footballer
• 1988 – [[Hemnath Selvakumar, Common Man
• 1989 – Elīna Babkina, Latvian basketball player
• 1989 – David Boudia, American diver
• 1989 – Taja Mohorčič, Slovenian tennis player
• 1989 – Katherine Webb, American model and television personality
• 1990 – Jan Veselý, Czech basketball player
• 1991 – Sigrid Agren, French-Swedish model
• 1992 – Doc Shaw, American actor
• 1992 – Laura Trott, English cyclist
• 1993 – Ben Davies, Welsh footballer
• 1993 – Han Hendrik Piho, Estonian Nordic combined skier
• 1994 – Caspar Lee, South African Youtuber
• 1997 – Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
• 1997 – Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
• 1998 – Ryan Newman, American actress and singer

Deaths

• 624 – Mellitus, English archbishop
• 1338 – Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat (b. 1291)
• 1617 – Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575)
• 1622 – Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577)
• 1656 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
• 1731 – Daniel Defoe, English journalist and spy (b. 1660)
• 1748 – Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
• 1779 – Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
• 1794 – Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
• 1852 – Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)
• 1891 – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
• 1924 – G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and educator (b. 1844)
• 1931 – David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1935 – Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
• 1938 – George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 1939 – Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1941 – Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1942 – Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
• 1944 – Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)
• 1945 – Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
• 1947 – Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)
• 1947 – Willa Cather, American author (b. 1873)
• 1954 – Guy Mairesse, French racing driver (b. 1910)
• 1957 – Harry McClintock, American singer (b. 1882)
• 1960 – Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1962 – Milt Franklyn, American composer (b. 1897)
• 1964 – Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (b. 1895)
• 1965 – Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
• 1966 – Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet (b. 1902)
• 1967 – Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1968 – Walter Tewksbury, American runner (b. 1876)
• 1970 – Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)
• 1972 – Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
• 1974 – Bud Abbott, American actor and producer (b. 1895)
• 1975 – Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger) (b. 1947)
• 1976 – Mark Tobey, American painter (b. 1890)
• 1980 – Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban author (b. 1904)
• 1982 – Ville Ritola, Finnish runner (b. 1896)
• 1983 – Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (b. 1943)
• 1984 – Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish writer (b. 1891)
• 1986 – Wallis Simpson, American socialite, for whom Edward VIII abdicated in 1936
• 1993 – Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
• 1993 – Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher (b. 1917)
• 1995 – Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter (b. 1903)
• 1997 – Allan Francovich, American director and producer (b. 1941)
• 1997 – Pat Paulsen, American comedian and politician (b. 1927)
• 1997 – Eugene Stoner, American engineer, designed the AR-15 rifle (b. 1922)
• 2000 – William Moore, English actor (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Al Hibbler, American singer (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Leon Sullivan, American minister and activist (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908)
• 2004 – José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and producer (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (b. 1906)
• 2004 – Robert McBain, English actor and photographer (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Ezer Weizman, Israeli politician, 7th President of Israel (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist (b. 1910)
• 2006 – Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Steve Stavro, Macedonian-Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi (b. 1914)
• 2007 – Roy Jenson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (b. 1921)
• 2009 – John Michell, English author (b. 1933)
• 2011 – Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru, mystic, philanthropist, and educator (b. 1926)
• 2011 – Marie-France Pisier, Vietnamese-French actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Fred Bradley, American baseball player (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Erast Parmasto, Estonian botanist (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Eusebio Razo, Jr., Mexican-American jockey (b. 1966)
• 2012 – Ambrose Weekes, English bishop (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Storm Cat, American race horse (b. 1983)
• 2013 – Richard Everett Dorr, American judge (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Larry Felser, American journalist (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Dave Kocourek, American football player (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Gary L. Lancaster, American lawyer and judge (b. 1949)
• 2013 – Pedro Romualdo, Filipino politician (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948)
• 2014 – Arturo Licata, Italian super-centenarian (b. 1902)
• 2014 – Ray Musto, American soldier and politician (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Sister Ping, Chinese criminal (b. 1949)
• 2014 – Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1968)
• 2014 – Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Ecgberht of Ripon
  • Fidelis of Sigmaringen
  • Johann Walter (Lutheran)
  • Mellitus
  • Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur
  • Wilfrid (pre-1969 Catholic or Church of England)
  • April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Concord Day (Niger)
• Democracy Day (Nepal)
• Earliest day on which National Arbor Day can fall, while April 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Friday in April. (United States)
• Earliest day on which Turkmen Racing Horse Festival can fall, while April 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday in April. (Turkmenistan)
• Genocide Remembrance Day(Armenia, Episcopal Church (USA))
• Kapyong Day (Australia)
• Republic Day (The Gambia)
• World Day for Laboratory Animals

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

• Days of the year
• April