April 24

April 24 is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 251 days remaining until the end of the year.

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).
• 1184 BC – Traditional date of the fall of Troy.
• 1547 – Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
• 1558 – Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
• 1704 – The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
• 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".
• 1877 – Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• 1885 – American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
• 1895 – Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
• 1904 – The Lithuanian press ban is lifted after almost 40 years.
• 1907 – Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.
• 1913 – The Woolworth Building skyscraper in New York City is opened.
• 1914 – The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
• 1915 – The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
• 1916 – Easter Rising: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett starts a rebellion in Ireland.
• 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.
• 1918 – First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
• 1922 – The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
• 1923 – In Vienna, the paper Das Ich und das Es (The Ego and the Id) by Sigmund Freud is published, which outlines Freud's theories of the id, ego, and super-ego.
• 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.
• 1932 – Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
• 1933 – Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
• 1944 – World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
• 1953 – Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
• 1955 – The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
• 1957 – Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
• 1957 – The BBC first broadcast The Sky at Night presented by Patrick Moore
• 1963 – Marriage of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent to the Hon Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
• 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 – Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
• 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."
• 1968 – Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.
• 1970 – The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched.
• 1970 – The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President.
• 1971 – Soyuz 10 docks with Salyut 1.
• 1980 – Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
• 1990 – STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
• 1990 – Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
• 1993 – An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
• 1996 – In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.
• 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.
• 2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
• 2005 – Snuppy becomes world's first cloned dog.
• 2013 – A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others.
• 2013 – Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people.

Births

• 1533 – William the Silent, German son of William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (d. 1584)
• 1581 – Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (d. 1660)
• 1620 – John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (d. 1674)
• 1706 – Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1780)
• 1718 – Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator (d. 1784)
• 1743 – Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom (d. 1823)
• 1784 – Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1860)
• 1815 – Anthony Trollope, English novelist (d. 1882)
• 1823 – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico (d. 1889)
• 1845 – Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
• 1856 – Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (d. 1951)
• 1876 – Erich Raeder, German admiral (d. 1960)
• 1878 – Jean Crotti, Swiss-French painter (d. 1958)
• 1879 – Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian-American circus performer (d. 1984)
• 1880 – Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper (d. 1954)
• 1882 – Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish-English air marshal (d. 1970)
• 1885 – Thomas Cronan, American triple jumper (d. 1962)
• 1885 – Con Walsh, Irish-Canadian hammer thrower and footballer (d. 1961)
• 1887 – Denys Finch Hatton, English hunter (d. 1931)
• 1888 – Pe Maung Tin, Burma-based scholar and educator (d. 1973)
• 1889 – Stafford Cripps, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1952)
• 1889 – Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and academic (d. 1924)
• 1893 – Ba Cho, Burmese martyr (d. 1947)
• 1897 – Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican colonel and politician, 45th President of Mexico (d. 1955)
• 1897 – Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist, anthropologist, and engineer (d. 1941)
• 1899 – Oscar Zariski, Russian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1986)
• 1900 – Elizabeth Goudge, English author and educator (d. 1984)
• 1903 – José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician, founded the Falange (d. 1936)
• 1904 – Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter and educator (d. 1997)
• 1905 – Al Bates, American long jumper (d. 1999)
• 1905 – Robert Penn Warren, American author and poet (d. 1989)
• 1906 – William Joyce, American-Irish soldier and politician (d. 1946)
• 1906 – Mimi Smith, English nurse (d. 1991)
• 1907 – William Sargant, English psychiatrist, theorist, and author (d. 1988)
• 1908 – Marceline Day, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1908 – Inga Gentzel, Swedish runner (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (d. 1963)
• 1912 – Ruth Osburn, American discus thrower (d. 1994)
• 1913 – Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
• 1914 – Larry J. Blake, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1914 – William Castle, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1914 – Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1991)
• 1914 – Justin Wilson, American chef and author (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2002)
• 1919 – David Blackwell, American mathematician and academic (d. 2010)
• 1919 – Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Gino Valenzano, Italian race car driver (d. 2011)
• 1922 – J. D. Cannon, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Marc-Adélard Tremblay, Canadian anthropologist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Doris Burn, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Clement Freud, German-English radio host, academic, and politician (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Ruth Kobart, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
• 1925 – Franco Leccese, Italian sprinter (d. 1992)
• 1926 – Thorbjörn Fälldin, Swedish farmer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1927 – Josy Barthel, Luxembourgian runner and politician, Luxembourgian Minister for Energy (d. 1992)
• 1928 – Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1928 – Johnny Griffin, American saxophonist (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band) (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Jerome Callet, American instrument designer, educator, and author
• 1930 – Richard Donner, American actor, director, and producer
• 1930 – José Sarney, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Brazil
• 1931 – Abdelhamid Kermali, Algerian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Bridget Riley, English painter and illustrator
• 1933 – Patricia Bosworth, American actress, journalist, and author
• 1933 – Claire Davenport, English actress (d. 2002)
• 1933 – Alan Eagleson, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1933 – Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor and director (d. 2015)
• 1933 – Freddie Scott, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (d. 2015)
• 1934 – John Cameron, Lord Coulsfield, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1934 – Shirley MacLaine, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1934 – Gilbert Levy, French journalist, producer and presenter
• 1935 – Tucker Smith, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1988)
• 1936 – Graham Armitage, English actor (d. 1999)
• 1936 – David Crombie, Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto
• 1936 – Glen Hobbie, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Jill Ireland, English-American actress and singer (d. 1990)
• 1937 – Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2001)
• 1940 – Sue Grafton, American author
• 1940 – Chris Kelly, English television host and producer
• 1940 – Trevor Kent, Australian actor (d. 1989)
• 1941 – Richard Holbrooke, American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2010)
• 1941 – John Williams, Australian-English guitarist and composer (Sky)
• 1942 – Richard M. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Chicago
• 1942 – Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic
• 1942 – Barbra Streisand, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
• 1943 – Hew Pike, English general
• 1943 – Richard Sterban, American singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
• 1943 – Gordon West, English footballer (d. 2012)
• 1944 – Peter Cresswell, English judge
• 1944 – St. Clair Lee, American singer (The Hues Corporation) (d. 2011)
• 1944 – Maarja Nummert, Estonian architect
• 1944 – Tony Visconti, American singer and producer
• 1945 – Graeme Catto, Scottish physician and academic
• 1945 – Doug Clifford, American drummer and songwriter (Creedence Clearwater Revival, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, and Don Harrison Band)
• 1945 – Robert Knight, American singer
• 1945 – Doug Riley, Canadian keyboard player and producer (Dr. Music) (d. 2007)
• 1945 – Dick Rivers, French singer and actor (Les Chats Sauvages)
• 1946 – Doug Christie, Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Piers Gough, English architect
• 1946 – Phil Robertson, American businessman, founded Duck Commander
• 1947 – Josep Borrell, Spanish engineer and politician, 22nd President of the European Parliament
• 1947 – João Braz de Aviz, Brazilian cardinal
• 1947 – Claude Dubois, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician
• 1947 – Roger D. Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1948 – Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2013)
• 1948 – Eliana Gil, Ecuadorian-American psychiatrist, therapist, and author
• 1948 – David Ingram, American keyboard player and songwriter (AnExchange and Love Song) (d. 2005)
• 1949 – Eddie Hart, American sprinter
• 1949 – James Paice, English farmer and politician
• 1949 – Véronique Sanson, French singer-songwriter and producer
• 1951 – Ron Arad, Israeli architect and academic
• 1951 – Christian Bobin, French author and poet
• 1951 – Nigel Harrison, English bass player and songwriter (Blondie and Silverhead)
• 1951 – Enda Kenny, Irish educator and politician, 13th Taoiseach of Ireland
• 1952 – Jean Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
• 1952 – Ralph Winter, American film producer
• 1953 – Eric Bogosian, American actor, playwright, and author
• 1954 – Mumia Abu-Jamal, American journalist and activist
• 1954 – Jack Blades, American bass player and songwriter (Night Ranger, Rubicon, Damn Yankees, and Tak Matsumoto Group)
• 1954 – Captain Sensible, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Damned and Dead Men Walking)
• 1955 – Marion Caspers-Merk, German politician
• 1955 – John de Mol, Jr., Dutch businessman, co-founded Endemol
• 1955 – Eamon Gilmore, Irish union leader and politician, 25th Tánaiste of Ireland
• 1955 – Guy Nève, Belgian race car driver (d. 1992)
• 1955 – Michael O'Keefe, American actor
• 1956 – Richard Sambrook, English journalist and academic
• 1956 – James A. Winnefeld, Jr., American admiral
• 1957 – Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-English businessman and politician
• 1957 – David J, English bass player (Bauhaus and Love and Rockets)
• 1957 – Boris Williams, French-English drummer (The Cure, Thompson Twins, and Babacar)
• 1958 – Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer
• 1958 – Brian Paddick, English police officer and politician
• 1959 – Eren Keskin, Turkish lawyer and activist
• 1959 – Glenn Morshower, American actor and producer
• 1959 – Malcolm Oastler, Australian-English engineer
• 1959 – Dave Ridgway, English-Canadian football player
• 1959 – Paula Yates, Welsh television host and author (d. 2000)
• 1961 – Andrew Murrison, English physician and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
• 1962 – Clemens Binninger, German politician
• 1962 – Stuart Pearce, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1962 – Steve Roach, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1963 – Paula Frazer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Tarnation, Faith No More, and Frightwig)
• 1963 – Billy Gould, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Faith No More, Fear and the Nervous System, and Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine)
• 1963 – Mano Solo, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2010)
• 1963 – Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian singer-songwriter (Vennaskond and J.M.K.E.)
• 1963 – Joey Vera,American bass player (Fates Warning and Armored Saint)
• 1964 – Helga Arendt, German sprinter (d. 2013)
• 1964 – Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1964 – Djimon Hounsou, Beninese-American actor and producer
• 1964 – Witold Smorawiński, Polish guitarist, composer, and educator
• 1964 – Gregory Sporleder, American actor
• 1965 – Jeff Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1965 – Son Chang-min, South Korean actor
• 1966 – Pierre Brassard, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1966 – Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1966 – David Usher, English-Canadian singer-songwriter (Moist)
• 1967 – Dino Rađa, Croatian basketball player
• 1967 – Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan-American baseball player and coach
• 1968 – Aidan Gillen, Irish actor
• 1968 – Stacy Haiduk, American actress
• 1968 – Todd Jones, American baseball player
• 1968 – Yuji Nagata, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1968 – Roxanna Panufnik, English composer
• 1968 – Hashim Thaçi, Kosovan soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Kosovo
• 1968 – Mark Vanderloo, Dutch model and actor
• 1969 – Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
• 1969 – Melinda Clarke, American actress
• 1969 – Viveca Paulin, Swedish-American actress
• 1969 – Rory McCann, Scottish actor
• 1969 – Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish academic and politician
• 1970 – Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1971 – Alejandro Fernández, Mexican singer
• 1971 – Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Evil Superstars and Deus)
• 1972 – Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
• 1972 – Nicolas Gill, Canadian martial artist and coach
• 1972 – Chipper Jones, American baseball player
• 1972 – Jure Košir, Slovenian skier
• 1973 – Gabby Logan, English gymnast and radio host
• 1973 – Damon Lindelof, American screenwriter and producer
• 1973 – Brian Marshall, American bass player and songwriter (Creed and Alter Bridge)
• 1973 – Peeter Rebane, Estonian film director, producer and entrepreneur
• 1973 – Eric Snow, American basketball player and coach
• 1973 – Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
• 1973 – Toomas Tohver, Estonian footballer
• 1973 – Lee Westwood, English-American golfer
• 1974 – Comedy Dave, Hong Kong-English radio host
• 1974 – Eric Kripke, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Derek Luke, American actor and singer
• 1974 – Stephen Wiltshire, English illustrator
• 1975 – Sam Doumit, American actress
• 1975 – Thad Luckinbill, American actor and producer
• 1976 – Steve Finnan, Irish footballer
• 1976 – Frédéric Niemeyer, Canadian tennis player and coach
• 1977 – Siarhey Balakhonau, Belarusian author and educator
• 1977 – Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1977 – Kim Hyun-joo, South Korean actress
• 1978 – Eric Balfour, American actor and singer
• 1978 – Stella Damasus-Aboderin, Nigerian actress and singer
• 1978 – Diego Quintana, Argentine footballer
• 1979 – Laurentia Tan, Singaporean-English horse rider
• 1980 – Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Karen Asrian, Armenian chess player (d. 2008)
• 1980 – Danny Gokey, American singer-songwriter
• 1980 – Reagan Gomez-Preston, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1980 – Austin Nichols, American actor and director
• 1981 – Taylor Dent, American tennis player
• 1981 – Yuko Nakanishi, Japanese swimmer
• 1981 – Azusa Yamamoto, Japanese idol and actress
• 1982 – Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1982 – Laura Hamilton, English television host
• 1982 – David Jay, American asexual activist
• 1982 – David Oliver, American hurdler
• 1982 – Simon Tischer, American volleyball player
• 1983 – Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan
• 1983 – Will Champlin, American singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Hanna Melnychenko, Ukrainian heptathlete
• 1984 – Rian McLean, Australian actor
• 1984 – Tyson Ritter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The All-American Rejects)
• 1985 – Mike Rodgers, American sprinter
• 1985 – Kaori Nazuka, Japanese actress and singer
• 1986 – Aaron Cunningham, American baseball player
• 1986 – Tahyna Tozzi, Australian model, singer and actress
• 1987 – Varun Dhawan, Indian actor
• 1987 – Ben Howard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 – Kristopher Letang, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Rein Taaramäe, Estonian cyclist
• 1987 – Jan Vertonghen, Belgian footballer
• 1989 – Elīna Babkina, Latvian basketball player
• 1989 – David Boudia, American diver
• 1989 – Taja Mohorčič, Slovenian tennis player
• 1989 – Katherine Webb, American model, Miss Alabama USA 2012
• 1990 – Kazuki Shimizu, Japanese actor
• 1990 – Jan Veselý, Czech basketball player
• 1991 – Sigrid Agren, French-Swedish model
• 1991 – Carter Cruise, American porn actress and model
• 1991 – Batuhan Karadeniz, Turkish footballer
• 1992 – Doc Shaw, American actor, rapper, and producer
• 1992 – Laura Trott, English cyclist
• 1993 – Ben Davies, Welsh footballer
• 1993 – Han Hendrik Piho, Estonian skier
• 1994 – Caspar Lee, English-South African actor and Youtuber
• 1997 – Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
• 1997 – Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
• 1998 – Ryan Newman, American actress and singer

Deaths

• 624 – Mellitus, English archbishop
• 1338 – Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat (b. 1291)
• 1617 – Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575)
• 1622 – Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577)
• 1656 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
• 1731 – Daniel Defoe, English journalist and spy (b. 1660)
• 1748 – Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
• 1779 – Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
• 1794 – Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
• 1852 – Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
• 1891 – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
• 1924 – G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1931 – David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1935 – Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
• 1938 – George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 1939 – Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1941 – Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1942 – Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
• 1944 – Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)
• 1945 – Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
• 1947 – Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)
• 1947 – Willa Cather, American novelist (b. 1873)
• 1948 – Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (b. 1863)
• 1954 – Guy Mairesse, French race car driver (b. 1910)
• 1957 – Harry McClintock, American singer and guitarist (b. 1882)
• 1960 – Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1962 – Milt Franklyn, American composer (b. 1897)
• 1964 – Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (b. 1895)
• 1965 – Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
• 1966 – Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (b. 1902)
• 1967 – Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1968 – Walter Tewksbury, American runner and hurdler (b. 1876)
• 1970 – Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)
• 1972 – Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
• 1974 – Bud Abbott, American actor and producer (b. 1895)
• 1975 – Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger) (b. 1947)
• 1976 – Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (b. 1890)
• 1980 – Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (b. 1904)
• 1982 – Ville Ritola, Finnish runner (b. 1896)
• 1983 – Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist, psychologist, and academic (b. 1938)
• 1983 – Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (b. 1943)
• 1984 – Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (b. 1891)
• 1986 – Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward VIII (b. 1896)
• 1993 – Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
• 1993 – Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher and theorist (b. 1917)
• 1995 – Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter (b. 1903)
• 1997 – Allan Francovich, American director and producer (b. 1941)
• 1997 – Pat Paulsen, American comedian and politician (b. 1927)
• 1997 – Eugene Stoner, American engineer, designed the AR-15 rifle (b. 1922)
• 2000 – William Moore, English actor (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Al Hibbler, American singer (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Josef Peters, German racing driver (b. 1914)
• 2001 – Leon Sullivan, American minister and activist (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908)
• 2004 – José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and producer (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (b. 1906)
• 2004 – Robert McBain, English actor and photographer (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2006 – Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Steve Stavro, Macedonian-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi and author (b. 1914)
• 2007 – Roy Jenson, Canadian-American actor and stuntman (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (b. 1921)
• 2009 – John Michell, English author (b. 1933)
• 2011 – Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru, mystic, philanthropist, and educator (b. 1926)
• 2011 – Marie-France Pisier, Vietnamese-French actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Fred Bradley, American baseball player (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Erast Parmasto, Estonian botanist and mycologist (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Eusebio Razo, Jr., Mexican-American jockey (b. 1966)
• 2012 – Ambrose Weekes, English bishop (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Storm Cat, American race horse (b. 1983)
• 2013 – Richard Everett Dorr, American judge (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Larry Felser, American journalist (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Dave Kocourek, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Gary L. Lancaster, American lawyer and judge (b. 1949)
• 2013 – Pedro Romualdo, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948)
• 2014 – Arturo Licata, Italian super-centenarian (b. 1902)
• 2014 – Ray Musto, American soldier and politician (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Sister Ping, Chinese criminal (b. 1949)
• 2014 – Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1968)
• 2014 – Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921)
• 2015 – Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Ken Birch, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
• 2015 – Thomas Joseph Connolly, American bishop (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Rustum Ghazaleh, Syrian general (b. 1953)
• 2015 – Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill, English lawyer and judge (b. 1931)
• 2015 – George C. Young, American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Ecgberht of Ripon
  • Fidelis of Sigmaringen
  • Johann Walter (Lutheran)
  • Mellitus
  • Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur
  • St Mark's Eve
  • Wilfrid (Church of England)
  • April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Concord Day (Niger)
• Democracy Day (Nepal)
• Earliest day on which National Arbor Day can fall, while April 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Friday in April. (United States)
• Earliest day on which Turkmen Racing Horse Festival can fall, while April 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday in April. (Turkmenistan)
• Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia, Episcopal Church (USA))
• Kapyong Day (Australia)
• National Panchayati Raj Day (India)
• Republic Day (The Gambia)
• World Day for Laboratory Animals

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada