Wednesday April 24th is the 115th day of the Gregorian calendar. There are 251 days left until the end of the year.
Saint of the day: Saint Fedele from Sigmaringen
April Proverb
Open a drop or a fountain
It happened today
1916 – Ireland: the Easter Rising begins – the Irish Republican Brotherhood movement led by nationalist Patrick Pearse begins the uprising against British rule which will prepare the ground for the Anglo-Irish War
1955 – The Bandung Conference ends: twenty-nine non-aligned countries condemn colonialism, racism and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union at the end of the meeting
1963 – England: wedding between Princess Alexandra of Kent and Angus Ogilvy in Westminster Abbey in London
1967 – Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies on Soyuz 1
1975 – Sweden: attack by the Baader-Meinhof Gang on the West German embassy in Stockholm
1980 – Iran: attempt to free US hostages held in Tehran fails; Eight security officers die in the raid
1984 – Apple Computer introduces the Apple II
1990 – Gruinard Island is officially declared recovered from the environmental disaster caused by anthrax after 48 years of quarantine
1993 – England: the IRA blows up a lorry packed with a ton of explosives in Bishopsgate, in the City of London, causing 2 deaths and damage of over £1 billion
1995 – Production of the famous Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 has ended
2004 – Cyprus, voting on the referendum for the reunification plan proposed by the UN. The majority (2/3) of voters in the Turkish zone is in favor, while the majority (3/4) of voters in the Greek zone is against
2005 – Vatican City, the solemn inauguration mass of the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI, elected to the papacy a few days earlier, takes place in St. Peter’s Square, in front of hundreds of thousands of faithful.
2008 – San Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia), the body of San Pio da Pietrelcina is exposed for veneration by the faithful
2013 – In Dhaka, Bangladesh, the collapse of a building causes the death of 1,129 people
Birthdays
Jean Paul Gaultier – French fashion designer (24 April 1952)
Rula Jebreal – Palestinian journalist (24 April 1973)
Stefania Rocca – Italian actress (24 April 1971)
Barbra Streisand – American singer and actress (April 24, 1942)
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