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April 24

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111

Armenian Genocide

111 years ago

Born this day

1942

Barbra Streisand

Turns 84

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493rd

William the Silent

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Famous births33

1533 · 493 yrs

William the Silent

William the Silent or William the Taciturn (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger; 24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje) and in the Dutch national anthem as William of Nassau (Dutch: Willem van Nassau), was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the…

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PoliticsDied aged 51

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1575 · 451 yrs

Jakob Böhme

Jakob Böhme (German:; 24 April 1575 – 17 November 1624) was a German philosopher, Christian mystic, and Lutheran Protestant theologian. He was considered an original thinker by many of his contemporaries within the Lutheran tradition, and his first book, commonly known as Aurora, caused a great scandal.

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ReligionDied aged 49

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1581 · 445 yrs

Vincent de Paul

Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660) was a French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor and is best known for founding the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity.

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ReligionDied aged 79

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1815 · 211 yrs

Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope ( TROL-əp; 24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among the best-known of his 47 novels are two series of six novels each collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire and the Palliser novels, as well as The Way We Live Now.

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LiteratureDied aged 67

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1845 · 181 yrs

Carl Spitteler

Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler (24 April 1845 – 29 December 1924) was a Swiss poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919 "in special appreciation of his epic Olympian Spring". His work includes both pessimistic and heroic poems.

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LiteratureDied aged 79

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1856 · 170 yrs

Philippe Pétain

Henri Philippe Benoni Omar Joseph Pétain (French:; 24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), also known as Marshal Pétain (French: maréchal Pétain,), was a French military officer, dictator, and politician who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the Axis-collaborationist regime of Vichy France,…

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MilitaryDied aged 95

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1876 · 150 yrs

Erich Raeder

Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II and was convicted of war crimes after the war. He attained the highest possible naval rank, that of grand admiral, in 1939.

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1903 · 123 yrs

José Antonio Primo de Rivera

José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Duke of Primo de Rivera, 3rd Marquis of Estella GE (24 April 1903 – 20 November 1936), often referred to simply as José Antonio, was a Spanish national syndicalist politician who founded the Falange Española ("Spanish Phalanx"), later Falange Española de las JONS.

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1904 · 122 yrs

Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning ( də KOO-ning, Dutch:; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1962.

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1908 · 118 yrs

Józef Gosławski

Józef Jan Gosławski (24 April 1908 – 23 January 1963) was a Polish sculptor and medallic artist. He was a designer of coins (e.g.

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1934 · 92 yrs

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American actress and author. With a career spanning over 70 years, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, two BAFTA Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Volpi Cups, and two Silver Bears.

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1941 · 85 yrs

Richard Holbrooke

Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (April 24, 1941 – December 13, 2010) was an American diplomat and author.

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Famous deaths11

1731 · 295 yrs

Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe ( c. 1660 – 24 April 1731) was an English writer, journalist, merchant and spy. He is famous for his novels Robinson Crusoe (1719), Moll Flanders (1722) and Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (1724).

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LiteratureDied aged 71

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1891 · 135 yrs

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

Graf Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (German:; 26 October 1800 – 24 April 1891) was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall.

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MilitaryDied aged 90

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1941 · 85 yrs

Karin Boye

Karin Maria Boye (26 October 1900 – 24 April 1941) was a Swedish poet and novelist. In Sweden, she is acclaimed as a poet, but internationally, she is best known for the dystopian science fiction novel Kallocain (1940).

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1942 · 84 yrs

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables.

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LiteratureDied aged 67

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1947 · 79 yrs

Willa Cather

Willa Sibert Cather (born Wilella Sibert Cather; December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I.

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LiteratureDied aged 73

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1964 · 62 yrs

Gerhard Domagk

Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (German pronunciation:; 30 October 1895 – 24 April 1964) was a German pathologist and bacteriologist. He is credited with the discovery of sulfonamidochrysoidine (KL730) as an antibiotic for which he received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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1967 · 59 yrs

Vladimir Komarov

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Комаров, IPA:; 16 March 1927 – 24 April 1967) was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut. In October 1964, he commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member.

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SpaceWould be 99

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1980 · 46 yrs

Alejo Carpentier

Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (Spanish pronunciation:, French pronunciation:; December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period.

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1986 · 40 yrs

Wallis Simpson

Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986), was an American socialite and the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (former King Edward VIII). Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication.

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1988 · 38 yrs

Clifford D. Simak

Clifford Donald Simak (August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction writer and journalist. He won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award.

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LiteratureWould be 122

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2011 · 15 yrs

Sathya Sai Baba

Sathya Sai Baba (born Sathyanarayana Raju; 23 November 1926 – 24 April 2011) was an Indian godman and philanthropist. At the age of 14, he claimed to be the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba and left his home saying "My devotees are calling me; I have my work".

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ReligionWould be 99

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Events5

1846 · 180 yrs

Mexican-American War

The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, (April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848) was an invasion of Mexico by the United States.

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War

1877 · 149 yrs

Tenth Russo-Turkish War

The Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) was a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and a coalition led by the Russian Empire which included Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro.

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War

1915 · 111 yrs

Armenian Genocide

The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

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Tragedy

1916 · 110 yrs

Easter Rising

The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916.

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War

1982 · 44 yrs

Eurovision Song Contest 1982

The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 24 April 1982 at the Harrogate International Centre in Harrogate, United Kingdom, and presented by Jan Leeming.

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