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Day Of The Week: April 24
April 24, 2025 is the 114th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 251 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Diamond is your modern birthstone. Opal is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: April 24
- 1558 –Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
- 1704 –The first regular newspaper in the United States, the News-Letter, is published in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1862 –American Civil War: A flotilla commanded by Union Admiral David Farragut passes two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River on its way to capture New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1913 –The Woolworth Building skyscraper in New York City is opened.
- 1915 –The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
- 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 –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.”
- 1990 –Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
- 2005 –Snuppy, the world’s first cloned dog, is born in South Korea.
- 2006 –King Gyanendra of Nepal gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament that he dissolved in 2002.
Who were born on April 24?
- 1879 –Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian centenarian and Circus performer d. 1984
- 1900 –Elizabeth Goudge, English writer (d. 1984)
- 1914 –Justin Wilson, American Cajun chef and humorist (d. 2001)
- 1924 –Ruth Kobart, American actor and singer (d. 2002)
- 1930 –Richard Donner, American film director and producer
- 1941 –Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat (d. 2010)
- 1959 –Paula Yates, British television presenter (d. 2000)
- 1962 –Steve Roach, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1969 –Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
- 1992 –Doc Shaw, American child actor
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