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What happened in history on this day: April 24?
On April 24 in ...
- 1800 - US Library of Congress is established with $5,000 allocation.
- 1863 - Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid).
- 1867 - In Manhattan, Kansas, USA, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurs.
- 1867 - Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond, Virginia, streetcars.
- 1884 - National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta, Georgia, USA).
- 1897 - First reporter, William Price (Washington Star), is assigned to the White House.
- 1898 - Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba.
- 1898 - US fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines.
- 1908 - Mr and Mrs Jacob Murdock become the first to travel across the US by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32 days, 5 hours, 25 minutes.
- 1913 - The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City opens.
- 1917 - US Congress passes the First Liberty Bond Act.
- 1922 - In Barnegat, New Jersey, USA an overhead explosion of comet fragment rocks buildings, shatters windows, and releases clouds of noxious gas.
- 1923 - General harbor strike begins in New York City, New York, USA.
- 1949 - Third Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman and Kiss Me Kate win.
- 1950 - The Desert Inn hotel and casino opens on the Las Vegas strip, Nevada, USA.
- 1950 - US President Harry Truman denies there are communists in US government.
- 1954 - First American, civilian pilot, P R Holden, wounded in Indochina.
- 1960 - 14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker and Fiorello! win.
- 1961 - US President John Kennedy accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs aborted invasion of Cuba.
- 1962 - First Lockheed A-12 is taxi tested.
- 1962 - MIT sends TV signal by satellite for first time: California to Massachusetts.
- 1963 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1964 - Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon removes all restrictions on ownership of gold certificates.
- 1968 - Leftist students take over Columbia University, New York City, New York.
- 1969 - American B-52 bombers drop 3,000-ton bombs at Cambodian boundary.
- 1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1980 - (to April 25) Operation Eagle Claw, a US commando mission in Iran to rescue American embassy hostages, is aborted after mechanical problems ground the rescue helicopters. Eight United States troops are killed in a mid-air collision during the failed operation.
- 1980 - The Pennsylvania Lottery is rigged by six men including the host of the live TV drawing, Nick Perry.
- 1981 - US ends grain embargo against USSR.
- 1984 - In Morgan Hill, California, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs.
- 1990 - Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to six felonies.
- 1991 - 26th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins.
- 1995 - Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing lobbyist Gilbert B Murray in Sacramento, California.
- 1996 - 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain wins.
- 2010 - The U.S. Coast Guard discovers that an estimated 1000 barrels per day of oil is leaking from the damaged well underneath the rig that exploded off Louisiana's shore on April 20.
- 2013 - At the Central States Numismatic Society 74th Annual Convention in Schaumburg, Illinois, Heritage Auctions conducts the Platinum Night sales.
- $1000 Treasury note, Series 1891, EF45 Premium Paper Quality PCGS Currency: $2,585,000.
- $1000 Treasury note, Series 1890, "Grand Watermelon" AEF34? PCGS Currency: $1,527,500.
- $100 gold certificate, Series 1863, 1 of 3 known, AEF40 PCGS Currency: $2,115,000.
These are the highest prices ever realized at auction for US papar money.
Births on April 24
- 1893 - Birth of Robert Harron in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance).
- 1911 - Birth of Jack E. Leonard AKA Leonard Lebitsky in Chicago, Illinois, USA; insult comedian (Disorderly Orderly, Ed Sullivan Show, Hollywood Palace).
- 1911 - Birth of Robert Joseph Kane in Ithaca, New York, USA; President of US Olympic Committee (1976).
- 1914 - Birth of Ruth White in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA; actress (Up the Down Staircase).
- 1916 - Birth of Stanley Kauffmann in New York City, New York, USA; playwright (Red Handkerchief Man).
- 1922 - Birth of J D Cannon in Salmon, Idaho, USA; actor (Chief Clifford - McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory, Alias Smith and Jones, Law and Order).
- 1924 - Birth of Marilyn Erskine in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Fran - Tom Ewell Show).
- 1930 - Birth of Conn Findlay in Stockton, California, USA; coxswain (Olympics-2 gold/bronze-1956, 1964, 1976).
- 1934 - Birth of Shirley MacLaine in Richmond, Virginia, USA; actress/mystic (Irma la Douce, Shirley's World, Salem Witch Trials).
- 1935 - Birth of Louis Keith in Chicago, Illinois, USA; physician (expert on multiple-births).
- 1942 - Birth of Barbra [Joan] Streisand in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer ("The Way We Were"), actress (Funny Girl).
- 1943 - Birth of Richard Sterban in Camden, New Jersey, USA; country singer (Oak Ridge Boys - "Elvira").
- 1945 - Birth of Doug Clifford in Palo Alto, California, USA; rock drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Proud Mary").
- 1945 - Birth of Robert Knight in Franklin, Tennessee, USA; rocker (Everlasting Love).
- 1948 - Birth of Eddie James Hart in Martinez, California, USA; 4x100 metre relay runner (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1953 - Birth of Eric Bogosian in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Talk Radio, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Love Monkey).
- 1953 - Birth of John P Hiler; American politician (Representative-Republican-Indiana, 1981-).
- 1955 - Birth of Michael O'Keefe in Mount Vernon, New York, USA; actor (Caddyshack, Ironweed, Slugger's Wife, Roseanne).
- 1959 - Birth of Yvonne D Cagle in West Point, New York, USA; MD/astronaut.
- 1963 - Birth of Billy Gould in Los Angeles, California, USA; rock bassist (Faith No More).
- 1967 - Birth of Leslie M Marx in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA; fencer-epee (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Pam[ela] Bustin in Somerset, Massachusetts, USA; field hockey defender (Olympics-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Todd Jones in Marietta, Georgia, USA; pitcher (Houston Astros).
- 1971 - Birth of Ken Klee in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals).
- 1972 - Birth of Chipper Jones in Deland, Florida, USA; infielder (Atlanta Braves).
- 1973 - Birth of Melissa Short in Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA; Miss Hawaii-America (Top 10-1997).
- 1982 - Birth of Kelly Clarkson; American singer (American Idol).
Deaths on April 24
- 1976 - Mark Tobey, US abstract painter, (Broadway Norm), dies at age 85.
- 1995 - Death of Art Fleming, American actor and game show host (Jeopardy), at age 74 (born 1924).
- 1997 - Death of Pat Paulsen of colon cancer at age 69; comedian (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour), US Presidential candidate (1968).
- 2004 - Death of Estée Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (born 1906).
- 2014 - Death of Hans Hollein, Austrian architect (born 1934).
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