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- 1184 BC - Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional).
- 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, Franois, at Notre Dame de Paris.
- 1704 Boston News-Letter, first successful newspaper in US, established
- 1704 The first regular newspaper in the United States, the Boston, Massachusetts New-Letter, is published.
- 1731 Daniel Defoe English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies
- 1792 "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle
- 1800 Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation
- 1800 The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
- 1833 Jacob Ebert of Cadiz, OH and George Dulty of Wheeling, WV got together to patent the soda fountain.
- 1833 Patent granted for first soda fountain
- 1863 The Keyesville Massacre: a massacre of 53 Native American men from the Tehachapi tribe in Keyesville, California.
- 1865 Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF)
- 1866 Victoria BC is connected to British Columbia mainland via cable and telegraph.
- 1867 Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Va streetcars
- 1867 In Manhattan, Kansas a 5.1 quake is the largest historical earthquake in Kansas.
- 1877 Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans)
- 1877 Russo-Turkish War, 18771878: Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire.
- 1880 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England
- 1884 National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta)
- 1888 Eastman Kodak forms
- 1895 Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat
- 1897 The first journalist to be named White House news reporter was William Price, who began working the prestigious beat for the "Washington Star" this day.
- 1898 Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
- 1900 Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer
- 1907 Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey, for the exclusive use of his employees is opened.
- 1908 Mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become the first to travel across the US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m
- 1913 The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City was opened.
- 1915 Lt. Edward Donald Bellew (Cdn. 7th Cdn Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium
- 1915 Massacre of Armenians by Turks
- 1915 Sgt-Major Frederick William Hall Cdn. (8th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium
- 1915 The Armenian Genocide began with a massacre of hundreds of prominent Armenians in Constantinople (now Istanbul).
- 1916 Easter Rising begins: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett start a rebellion in Ireland.
- 1916 Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins
- 1918 First tank to tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs.
- 1929 A non-stop England to India flight takes-off
- 1934 Laurens Hammond announced the development of the pipeless organ
- 1944 Capture of Madang, New Guinea
- 1944 First Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump"
- 1944 United Negro College Fund incorporates
- 1945 A new commissioner of baseball was named. He was Albert B.’ Happy’ Chandler.
- 1949 Dick Powell starred in " Richard Diamond, Private Detective" on NBC radio.
- 1951 Canadian troops defend Kapyong Valley in Korea against two-day Chinese attack; suffer 10 dead, 23 wounded.
- 1952 First shipment of oil from Alberta arrives in Ontario by pipeline and lake freighter, and they still do not like the price
- 1952 Raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the " Gruen Guild Playhouse" in an episode titled, " The Tiger"
- 1953 Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
- 1953 Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
- 1954 " Billboard" magazine, the music industry trade publication, headlined a change to come about in the music biz. The headline read, "Teenagers Demand Music with a Beat -- Spur Rhythm and Blues" . Within a year, R& B music by both black and white artists caught the public’ s fancy.
- 1954 The first American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina
- 1955 " X-Minus One", a show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC radio this day.
- 1955 Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemned colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
- 1957 Asteroid #3648 discovered
- 1958 Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2
- 1959 "Your Hit Parade" ended after a nine-year run on television and many more years on radio. The show debuted in
- 1960 In Southern Iran a 6.0 earthquake resulted in 420 killed, 3,000 injured, and $20 million property damage at Kourdeh and Lar.
- 1961 JFK accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs
- 1961 Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers struck out 18 batters in a game this day, becoming the first major-league pitcher to do so on two different occasions.
- 1961 The 17th century Swedish ship Vasa is salvaged.
- 1961 The Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised
- 1962 MIT sends TV signal by satellite for first time: CA to MA
- 1962 The first Lockheed A-12 is taxi tested
- 1963 Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics retired from the NBA.
- 1963 Marriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1964 Mexico becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1965 Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic Colonel Francisco Caamao, overthrows the triumvirate that was in power since the coup d'tat against Juan Bosch.
- 1966 Visitor posting - Ronnie Eugene Shoemaker was born - USA
- 1967 Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1, when the parachute fails to open. He was the first human to die during a space mission.
- 1967 Frank Overton actor (12 O'Clock High), dies at 48
- 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."
- 1967 Vladimir Komarov cosmonaut is first to die in space, aboard Soyuz 1
- 1968 Leftist students take over Columbia University, NYC
- 1968 Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.
- 1968 Number one hit on UK music charts - Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
- 1969 Paul McCartney says their is no truth to the rumours he is dead
- 1970 China PR launches its first satellite transmitting song "East is Red"
- 1970 Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth
- 1970 The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President.
- 1970 The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched.
- 1971 Soyuz 10 returns to Earth
- 1974 Bud Abbott dies at 78
- 1974 NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers
- 1975 The Baader-Meinhof Gang blow up the West German embassy in Stockholm.
- 1977 C Kowal discovers asteroid #2063 Bacchus
- 1980 Eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempted to end the Iran hostage crisis.
- 1980 US miltary operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die
- 1981 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey
- 1981 IBM-PC introduced
- 1982 Number one hit on UK music charts - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory
- 1985 In Luzon, Philippine Islands a 6.1 earthquake resulted in Six people killed, 11 injured and damage and landslides in Benguet Province
- 1986 Wallis Warfield Simpson (Duchess of Windsor) dies
- 1989 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China
- 1989 Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day"
- 1990 Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of anthrax after 48 years of quarantine.
- 1990 STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery.
- 1990 US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit
- 1990 West & East Germany agree to merge currency & economies on July first
- 1991 Freddie Stowers is awarded the posthumous Medal of Honor for which he had been recommended in 1918.
- 1991 Visitor posting - The Birth of Bradley Kenneth Foster A great brother, Son and a damn good best friend - Canada
- 1992 "Man of La Mancha" with Sheena Easton opens at Marquis theater
- 1993 An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of City of London.
- 1993 Visitor posting - Lacey was born. thank god:) - USA
- 1993 The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act came into force establishing Panchayati Raj system in India.
- 1996 Visitor posting - Logan is born in colorado - USA
- 1996 In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is introduced.
- 1997 Visitor posting - Jack Lenzotti Born, Probaly Best Day ever... Me - USA
- 1997 Visitor posting - Visitor posting - Mira is born in Portland, OR - USA
- 1998 Visitor posting - April 24th, 1998- Emily Maureen Myers was born,- what a delightful day!!!!!
- 1998 Visitor posting - Serena Nicole Chapa is born!!! - USA
- 1999 Visitor posting - Taylor Martindale was born in Naples, Fl - USA
- 2004 US lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
- 2006 King Gyanendra of Nepal gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament that he dissolved in 2002.
- 2007 Iceland announces that Norway will shoulder the defense of Iceland during peacetime.
- 2008 US Government Goes Public With Story of Israels Attack on Syrian Reactor
- 2010 Visitor posting - Brent Jones hits a homerun against Crestwood Cardinal\'s, but the Garfield G-men end up losing 18-6 anyway. - USA
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