History for April 24

History for April 24 - On-This-Day.com:
Shirley MacLaine 1934 - Actress, Jill Ireland 1936, Sue Grafton 1940 - Author


Barbra Streisand 1942 - Singer, Vince Ferragamo 1954, Kelly Clarkson (Kelly Brianne Clarkson) 1983 - Singer, first "American Idol" participant to win a Grammy Award

1805 - The U.S. Marines attacked and captured the town of Derna in Tripoli.


1833 - A patent was granted for first soda fountain.


1915 - During World War I, the Ottoman Turkish Empire began the mass deportation of Armenians.


1961 - U.S. President Kennedy accepted "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.


1967 - Soviet astronaut Vladimir Komarov died when his craft crashed with a tangled parachute.


1967 - The newest Greek regime banned miniskirts.


1990 - The space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL. It was carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.


2003 - A U.S. official reported the North Korea had claimed to have nuclear weapons.