- This Day in History
- 1916 Easter Rebellion begins
American Revolution
- 1781 Phillips and Arnold launch attack on Petersburg, Virginia
Automotive
- 1983 German endurance driver killed in crash
Civil War
- 1863 Union issues conduct code for soldiers
Cold War
- 1955 The Bandung Conference concludes
Crime
- 1922 Forensic evidence is introduced in Australia
Disaster
- 1908 Tornado flattens towns in Louisiana and Mississippi
General Interest
- 1800 Library of Congress established
- 1953 Churchill knighted
- 1980 Hostage rescue mission ends in disaster
Hollywood
- 1982 Jane Fonda’s first Workout video released
Literary
- 1940 Sue Grafton is born
Music
- 1962 Patti LaBelle makes her debut on the pop charts, sort of
Old West
- 1947 Author Willa Cather dies
Presidential
- 1945 Truman is briefed on Manhattan Project
Sports
- 1996 Penguins defeat Capitals in marathon hockey game
Vietnam War
- 1967 Westmoreland makes controversial remarks
- 1971 North Vietnamese attack South Vietnamese installations
World War I
- 1916 The Easter Rising begins in Dublin
World War II
- 1876 Erich Raeder, commander in chief of the German navy, is born on this day
- 1940 Britain begins its evacuation of Greece in Operation Demon
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
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