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What happend on 24. April in History
In our data base we found 291 events happened on 24. April:
• 1184_bc: Traditional date of the fall of Troy. [category: 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). [category: Events]
• 624: Mellitus, English bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury [category: Deaths]
• 702: Jafar as-Sadiq (d. 765) [category: Births]
• 709: Wilfrid, English archbishop and saint [category: Deaths]
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• 1185: Emperor Antoku, Japanese emperor (b. 1178) [category: Deaths]
• 1338: Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) [category: Deaths]
• 1342: Pope Benedict XII (b. 1285) [category: Deaths]
• 1533: William I of Orange (d. 1584) [category: Births]
• 1547: Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League. [category: Events]
• 1558: Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris. [category: Events]
• 1581: Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) [category: Births]
• 1620: John Graunt, English statistician and founder of the science of demography (d. 1674) [category: Births]
• 1622: Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar and saint (b. 1577) [category: Deaths]
• 1656: Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561) [category: Deaths]
• 1704: The first regular newspaper in the United States, the News-Letter, is published in Boston, Massachusetts. [category: Events]
• 1706: Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1780) [category: Births]
• 1718: Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish painter (d. 1784) [category: Births]
• 1731: Daniel Defoe, English writer (b. 1660) [category: Deaths]
• 1736: Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-Austrian general (b. 1663) [category: Deaths]
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• 1743: Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and inventor of the power loom (d. 1823) [category: Births]
• 1779: Eleazar Wheelock, American minister, orator, and educator, founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711) [category: Deaths]
• 1784: Peter Vivian Daniel, American jurist, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1794: Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish statesman and soldier, father of Axel von Fersen the Younger (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 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". [category: Events]
• 1815: Anthony Trollope, English novelist (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1845: Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet, Nobel laureate (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1852: Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783) [category: Deaths]
• 1856: Henri Philippe Pétain, French soldier and statesman (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1876: Erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1877: Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1878: Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1879: Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian centenarian and circus performer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1880: Gideon Sundbäck, Swedish-American electrical engineer and businessman, developed the zipper (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1882: Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, English officer in the Royal Air Force and commander in RAF Fighter Command (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1885: American sharpshooter Annie Oakley was hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West. [category: Events]
• 1887: Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1889: Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1889: Stafford Cripps, English politician (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1891: Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (b. 1800) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1897: Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican politician, 45th President of Mexico (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1898: The Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain. [category: Events]
• 1899: Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1900: Elizabeth Goudge, English writer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1903: José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer, nobleman, and politician, founder of the Falange (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1904: Willem de Kooning, Dutch painter (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1904: The Lithuanian press ban is lifted after almost 40 years. [category: Events]
• 1905: Robert Penn Warren, American poet (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1906: Mimi Smith, English nurse and secretary, aunt and guardian of John Lennon (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1906: William Joyce, Irish-American fascist politician and Nazi propaganda broadcaster (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1907: William Sargant, English psychiatrist (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1907: Al Ahly was founded. [category: Events]
• 1907: Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened. [category: Events]
• 1908: Józef Gosławski, Polish artist (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1908: Marceline Day, American actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1913: The Woolworth Building skyscraper in New York City is opened. [category: Events]
• 1914: Justin Wilson, American chef and humorist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1914: Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1914: William Castle, American director and producer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1915: The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. [category: Events]
• 1916: Lou Thesz, American wrestler (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1916: Easter Rising: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett starts a rebellion in Ireland. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1918: First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs. [category: Events]
• 1919: David Blackwell, African-American mathematician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1919: Glafcos Clerides, Greek-Cypriot politician, 4th President of Cyprus [category: Births]
• 1922: J. D. Cannon, American actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1922: Marc-Adélard Tremblay, Canadian anthropologist [category: Births]
• 1922: The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation. [category: Events]
• 1923: Doris Burn, American author and illustrator (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1923: Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1924: Clement Freud, English writer, radio personality, and politician (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1924: Ruth Kobart, American actress and singer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1924: G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Thorbjörn Fälldin, Swedish politician, 27th Prime Minister of Sweden [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1929: Rajkumar, Kannada actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1930: Jerome Callet, American musician, teacher, author, and designer [category: Births]
• 1930: José Sarney, Brazilian lawyer, writer, and politician, President of Brazil [category: Births]
• 1930: Richard Donner, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1931: David Kldiashvili, Georgian writer (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1933: Alan Eagleson, Canadian ice hockey agent and promoter [category: Births]
• 1933: Claire Davenport, English actress (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1933: Freddie Scott, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1933: Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor [category: Births]
• 1933: Patricia Bosworth, American actress, journalist, and writer [category: Births]
• 1933: Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg. [category: Events]
• 1934: Shirley MacLaine, American actor and author [category: Births]
• 1935: Tucker Smith, American actor, dancer, and singer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1936: David Crombie, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Glen Hobbie, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1936: Jill Ireland, British actress (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1937: Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1938: George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Sue Grafton, American author [category: Births]
• 1940: Trevor Kent, Australian theatre and television actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1941: John Williams, Australian guitarist [category: Births]
• 1941: Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1941: Karin Boye, Swedish author (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress, writer, producer, and director [category: Births]
• 1942: Richard M. Daley, American politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Gordon West, English footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1943: Richard Sterban, American singer (The Oak Ridge Boys) [category: Births]
• 1944: St. Clair Lee, American singer (The Hues Corporation) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1944: Tony Visconti, American music producer [category: Births]
• 1944: Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: William Stephens, American politician (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Dick Rivers, French singer and actor (Les Chats Sauvages) [category: Births]
• 1945: Doug Clifford, American drummer and songwriter (Creedence Clearwater Revival and Creedence Clearwater Revisited) [category: Births]
• 1945: Doug Riley, Canadian musician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1945: Robert Knight, American singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Claude Dubois, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1947: Josep Borrell, Spanish politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1947: Hans Biebow, German Nazi chief (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Willa Cather, American writer (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: David Ingram, American musician, songwriter, and arranger (AnExchange and Love Song) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1948: Paul Cellucci, American politician and diplomat, 69th Governor of Massachusetts and United States Ambassador to Canada [category: Births]
• 1949: Véronique Sanson, French singer-songwriter, musician, and producer [category: Births]
• 1951: Christian Bobin, French author and poet [category: Births]
• 1951: Enda Kenny, Irish politician, Taoiseach of Ireland [category: Births]
• 1951: Nigel Harrison, English musician and songwriter (Blondie) [category: Births]
• 1952: Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1953: Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer [category: Births]
• 1953: Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. [category: Events]
• 1954: Captain Sensible, English singer-songwriter and musician (The Damned and Dead Men Walking) [category: Births]
• 1954: Jack Blades, American musician (Night Ranger, Rubicon, Damn Yankees, and Tak Matsumoto Group) [category: Births]
• 1954: Mumia Abu-Jamal, American activist, radio journalist, and convicted murderer [category: Births]
• 1955: Eamon Gilmore, Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1955: John de Mol, Dutch media businessman [category: Births]
• 1955: Marion Caspers-Merk, German politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Michael O'Keefe, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: The Bandung Conference ends: 29 non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War. [category: Events]
• 1956: James A. Winnefeld, Jr., American admiral [category: Births]
• 1957: Boris Williams, English musician (The Cure, Thompson Twins, and Babacar) [category: Births]
• 1957: David J, English musician (Bauhaus and Love and Rockets) [category: Births]
• 1957: Harry McClintock, American singer, author, and poet (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region. [category: Events]
• 1958: Brian Paddick, English deputy police officer and politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer [category: Births]
• 1959: Dave Ridgway, Canadian football player [category: Births]
• 1959: Eren Keskin, Turkish lawyer and activist [category: Births]
• 1959: Glenn Morshower, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Malcolm Oastler, Australian engineer and designer [category: Births]
• 1959: Paula Yates, English television presenter and writer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1960: Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Clemens Binninger, German politician [category: Births]
• 1962: Steve Roach, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1962: Stuart Pearce, English footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1962: Milt Franklyn, American composer and arranger (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Billy Gould, American musician, songwriter, and producer (Faith No More, Harmful, Fear and the Nervous System, and Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine) [category: Births]
• 1963: Mano Solo, French singer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1963: Paula Frazer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Tarnation and Faith No More) [category: Births]
• 1963: Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian musician [category: Births]
• 1963: Marriage of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent to the Hon Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London. [category: Events]
• 1964: Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Djimon Hounsou, Beninese actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Witold Smorawiński, Polish guitarist, composer, and teacher [category: Births]
• 1964: Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Jeff Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Son Chang Min, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1966: Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: David Usher, Canadian singer-songwriter (Moist) [category: Births]
• 1966: Pierre Brassard, Canadian humorist and actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Dino Rađa, Croatian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov, Soviet pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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." [category: Events]
• 1968: Aidan Gillen, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Hashim Thaci, Kosovan politician [category: Births]
• 1968: Mark Vanderloo, Dutch model [category: Births]
• 1968: Stacy Haiduk, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Todd Jones, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Yuji Nagata, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1968: Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1969: Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Melinda Clarke, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Viveca Paulin, Swedish actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1970: Otis Spann, American pianist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President. [category: Events]
• 1970: The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched. [category: Events]
• 1971: Alejandro Fernández, Mexican singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian singer and guitarist (Evil Superstars and Deus) [category: Births]
• 1971: Soyuz 10 docks with Salyut 1. [category: Events]
• 1972: Chipper Jones, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Jure Košir, Slovenian skier [category: Births]
• 1972: Nicolas Gill, Canadian judoka [category: Births]
• 1972: Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Damon Lindelof, American television writer and executive [category: Births]
• 1973: Eric Snow, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Gabby Logan, English gymnast, television and radio presenter [category: Births]
• 1973: Lee Westwood, British golfer [category: Births]
• 1973: Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1974: Comedy Dave, British radio personality [category: Births]
• 1974: Derek Luke, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Eric Kripke, American writer, director and producer [category: Births]
• 1974: Stephen Wiltshire, English artist [category: Births]
• 1974: Bud Abbott, American actor and comedian (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Sam Doumit, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Thad Luckinbill, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and musician (Badfinger) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Frédéric Niemeyer, Canadian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1976: Steve Finnan, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Siarhey Balakhonau, Belarusian writer [category: Births]
• 1978: Eric Balfour, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Kim Hyun-ju, Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Stella Damasus Aboderin, Nigerian actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Laurentia Tan, Singaporean-Paralympic horse rider [category: Births]
• 1980: Austin Nichols, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Danny Gokey, American singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1980: Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Karen Asrian, Armenian chess player (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1980: Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis. [category: Events]
• 1981: Dusty Anderson, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1981: Taylor Dent, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Yuko Nakanishi, Japanese swimmer [category: Births]
• 1982: Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Laura Hamilton, English television presenter [category: Births]
• 1982: Ville Ritola, Finnish athlete (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Princess Iman bint Al Hussein [category: Births]
• 1983: Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Tyson Ritter, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (The All-American Rejects) [category: Births]
• 1986: Aaron Cunningham, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Wallis Simpson, American socialite, wife of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Ben Howard, British singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1987: Jan Vertonghen, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Kristopher Letang, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1989: David Boudia, American diver [category: Births]
• 1990: Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine. [category: Events]
• 1990: STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery. [category: Events]
• 1992: Doc Shaw, American actor [category: Births]
• 1993: Oliver Tambo, South African politician (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London. [category: Events]
• 1994: Austin Rogers, American actor [category: Births]
• 1996: In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is introduced. [category: Events]
• 1997: Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer [category: Births]
• 1997: Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Pat Paulsen, American comedian and politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Ryan Newman, American actress [category: Births]
• 2000: William Moore, English actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Al Hibbler, American singer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Leon Sullivan, African-American civil rights leader and pastor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founder of Estée Lauder Companies (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: José Giovanni, French-Swiss writer and director (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2005: Ezer Weizman, Israeli politician (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI. [category: Events]
• 2005: Snuppy, the world's first cloned dog, is born in South Korea. [category: Events]
• 2006: Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Moshe Teitelbaum, Hassidic rabbi (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: King Gyanendra of Nepal gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament that he dissolved in 2002. [category: Events]
• 2007: Roy Jenson, American actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: John Michell, English writer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Marie-France Pisier, French actress (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru, mystic, philanthropist, and educator (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ambrose Weekes, British Alglican bishop (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Erast Parmasto, Estonian mycologist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eusebio Razo, Jr. Mexican born American jockey (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Fred Bradley, American baseball player (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• _: April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Concord Day (Niger) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Democracy Day (Nepal) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which National Arbor Day can fall, while April 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Friday in April. (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Turkmen Racing Horse Festival can fall, while April 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday in April. (Turkmenistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ecgberht of Ripon [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fidelis of Sigmaringen [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Kapyong Day (Australia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mellitus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day (The Gambia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Wilfrid (Anglican Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Day for Laboratory Animals (UN recognized) [category: Holidays and observances]