This Day In History

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April 24th

1184 BC
Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse

1704
The first regular newspaper in the United States, the Boston, Massachusetts New-Letter, is published

1800
Library of Congress was established.

1898
Spain declared war on the U.S..

1915
Turks began deportation of Armenians that led to the massacre of between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians.

1916
The Easter Rebellion begins in Dublin, Ireland. Although unsuccessful, the uprising was an important symbolic event leading to the establishment of the Republic of Ireland.

1953
Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

1974
Comedian Bud Abbott of Abbott & Costello died at the ge of 78.

1990
The shuttle Discovery blasted off with the Hubble Space Telescope.

2005
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.

Birthdays
75 Shirley MacLaine Actress
69 Sue Grafton Author
69 Michael Parks Actor
67 Barbra Streisand Singer, actress
66 Richard Sterban Country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
64 Doug Clifford Rock musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
59 Rob Hyman Rock musician (The Hooters)
56 Eric Bogosian Actor
54 Michael O'Keefe Actor
50 Glenn Morshower Actor ("24")
46 Billy Gould Rock musician (Faith No More)
45 Djimon Hounsou Actor
45 Cedric the Entertainer Actor, comedian
42 Patty Schemel Rock musician (Hole)
42 Omar Vizquel Baseball player (Texas Rangers)
41 Aaron Comess Rock musician (Spin Doctors)
40 Melinda Clarke Actress
37 Chipper Jones Baseball player (Atlanta Braves)
35 Derek Luke Actor
32 Eric Balfour Actor ("24")
32 Carlos Beltran Baseball player (New York Mets)
30 Rebecca Lynn Howard Country singer
27 Kelly Clarkson Singer ("American Idol")
25 Tyson Ritter Rock musician (The All-American Rejects)
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80 Robert Bailey Thomas 4/24/1766 - 5/19/1846 American publisher of "Old Farmer's Almanac"