Tukuk-OS📅 April 24
22 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on April 24? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2013 — A building in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing 1,134 people, making it the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern history.
- 2011 — Secret documents relating to detainees at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp were released on WikiLeaks and several independent news organizations.
Guantanamo Bay files leakGuantanamo Bay detention campWikiLeaks
- 2003 — A backhoe breached a pipeline in Toronto, Canada, which caused a gas explosion that killed seven people.
- 1993 — The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in London's financial district in Bishopsgate, killing one person, injuring forty-four others, and causing damage that cost £350 million to repair.
Provisional Irish Republican Army1993 Bishopsgate bombingBishopsgate
- 1990 — Gruinard Island in Scotland, the site of biological warfare testing by British scientists, was declared free of anthrax after 48 years of quarantine.
- 1990 — The Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard STS-31 by Space Shuttle Discovery.
- 1980 — Eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue the captives in the Iran hostage crisis.
United States Armed ForcesOperation Eagle ClawIran hostage crisis
- 1965 — Cold War: The Dominican Civil War broke out due to tensions following a military coup against the democratically elected government of President Juan Bosch two years earlier.
- 1944 — World War II: The British Special Boat Service executed a successful raid to destroy an Axis radio station on the Greek island of Santorini.
- 1933 — Nazi Germany began its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
Nazi GermanyPersecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi GermanyCorporations of Jehovah's Witnesses
- 1932 — An estimated 400 ramblers committed a wilful mass trespass of Kinder Scout (pictured) in the Peak District to highlight the denial of access to areas of open country in England.
- 1922 — The first portion of the Imperial Wireless Chain, a strategic international wireless telegraphy communications network created to link the countries of the British Empire, opened.
- 1918 — First World War: The Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux began, which contained the first instance of tanks fighting against each other.
- 1916 — Irish republicans led by Patrick Pearse began the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland, and proclaimed the Irish Republic an independent state.
- 1915 — The Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire began with the arrest and deportation of hundreds of prominent Armenians in Constantinople.
Armenian genocideOttoman EmpireDeportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915
- 1914 — The Franck–Hertz experiment, the first electrical measurement to clearly demonstrate quantum mechanics, was presented to the German Physical Society.
Franck–Hertz experimentQuantum mechanicsGerman Physical Society
- 1913 — The Woolworth Building in New York City officially opened; at the time, it was the tallest building in the world, with a height of 792 ft (241 m).
- 1904 — Realizing that the Russification of Lithuania was not working, the Russian Empire lifted the 40-year-old ban on publications written in Lithuanian language using the Latin alphabet.
- 1866 — German composer Max Bruch (pictured) conducted the premiere of his first violin concerto.
- 1837 — A fire broke out in Surat, India, which went on to destroy about 75% of the city.
- 1800 — The Library of Congress (building pictured), the de facto national library of the United States, was established as part of an act of Congress providing for the transfer of the nation's capital from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
- 1704 — John Campbell released the first issue of The Boston News-Letter, the first continuously published newspaper in British North America.
John Campbell (editor)The Boston News-LetterBritish North America
Births
- 1999 — Ziyu He, Chinese violinist
- 1999 — Jerry Jeudy, American football player
- 1998 — Ryan Newman, American actress
- 1997 — Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
- 1997 — Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
- 1996 — Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player
- 1995 — Kehlani, American singer-songwriter
- 1994 — Jordan Fisher, American singer, dancer, and actor
- 1994 — Caspar Lee, British-South African YouTuber
- 1993 — Ben Davies, Welsh international footballer
- 1992 — Laura Kenny, English cyclist
- 1992 — Jack Quaid, American actor
Deaths
- 2026 — Dirk Kempthorne, American businessman and politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1951)
- 2025 — Roy Phillips, British musician (born 1941)
- 2024 — Bob Cole, Canadian sports announcer (born 1933)
- 2024 — Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player (born 1972)
- 2024 — Donald Payne Jr., American politician (born 1958)
- 2024 — Mike Pinder, British musician (born 1941)
- 2023 — Wang Xiaolong, Chinese Coast guardsman (born 1995)
- 2022 — Andrew Woolfolk, American saxophonist (born 1950)
- 2017 — Robert Pirsig, American author and philosopher (born 1928)
- 2016 — Tommy Kono, American weightlifter and coach (born 1930)
- 2015 — Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1922)
- 2014 — Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (born 1934)
Observances & holidays
- Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia, California, France)
- Christian feast day: Benedict Menni
- Christian feast day: Dermot of Armagh
- Christian feast day: Dyfnan of Anglesey
- Christian feast day: Ecgberht of Ripon
- Christian feast day: Elizabeth Hesselblad
- Christian feast day: Fidelis of Sigmaringen
- Christian feast day: Gregory of Elvira
- Christian feast day: Ivo of Ramsey
- Christian feast day: Johann Walter (Lutheran)
- Christian feast day: Mary of Clopas
- Christian feast day: Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
- Christian feast day: Mellitus
- Christian feast day: Salome (disciple)
- Christian feast day: Wilfrid (Catholic Church and Church of England)
- Christian feast day: William Firmatus
- Christian feast day: April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Concord Day (Niger)
- Democracy Day (Nepal)
- Fashion Revolution Day, and its related observances: Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh, proposed)
- National Panchayati Raj Day (India)
- Republic Day (The Gambia)
- World Day for Laboratory Animals
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