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24 April 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2013 - A building in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing 1,134 people, making it the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern history.Upazila in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Anniversary
2011 - Secret documents relating to detainees at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp were released on WikiLeaks and several independent news organizations.2011 disclosure of U.S. government documents
Anniversary
2003 - A backhoe breached a pipeline in Toronto, Canada, which caused a gas explosion that killed seven people.Type of excavating equipment (vehicle)
Anniversary
1993 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in London's financial district in Bishopsgate, killing one person, injuring forty-four others, and causing damage that cost £350 million to repair.Paramilitary force active from 1969 to 2005
Anniversary
1990 - Gruinard Island in Scotland, the site of biological warfare testing by British scientists, was declared free of anthrax after 48 years of quarantine.Island off the coast of Scotland
Historical events
History
2025 - A mass stabbing at a school in Nantes, France, leaves one person dead and three others wounded.Mass stabbing in Nantes, France
History
2013 - A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,134 people and injuring about 2,500 others.2013 industrial building collapse in Savar, Bangladesh
History
2013 - Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people.Ethnic violence in Xinjiang, China
History
2011 - WikiLeaks starts publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak.News leak publishing organisation
History
2006 - Bombings in the Egyptian resort city of Dahab kill 23 people and injure about 80.Terrorist attacks in Dahab, Egypt
History
2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.Senior church official
History
2004 - The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.Financial penalties applied by nations
History
1996 - In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.United States law
History
1994 - A Douglas DC-3 ditches in Botany Bay after takeoff from Sydney Airport. All 25 people on board survive.Airliner and military transport aircraft family
History
1993 - An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.Paramilitary force active from 1969 to 2005
Notable births
Born
1999 - Jerry Jeudy, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1999)
Born
1997 - Lydia Ko, New Zealand golferNew Zealand professional golfer (born 1997)
Born
1997 - Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis playerRussian tennis player (born 1997)
Born
1996 - Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis playerAustralian former tennis player (born 1996)
Born
1995 - Kehlani, American singer-songwriterAmerican singer-songwriter (born 1995)
Born
1994 - Jordan Fisher, American singer, dancer, and actorAmerican actor and singer (born 1994)
Notable deaths
Died
2026 - Dirk Kempthorne, American businessman and politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1951)American politician (1951–2026)
Died
2025 - Roy Phillips, British musician (born 1941)British musician (1941–2025)
Died
2024 - Bob Cole, Canadian sports announcer (born 1933)Canadian sportscaster (1933–2024)
Died
2024 - Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player (born 1972)Australian rugby league footballer (1972–2024)
Died
2024 - Donald Payne Jr., American politician (born 1958)American politician (1958–2024)
Died
2023 - Wang Xiaolong, Chinese Coast guardsman (born 1995)Chinese coast guard (1995–2023)
Died
2022 - Andrew Woolfolk, American saxophonist (born 1950)American saxophonist (1950–2022)
Sky
Moon phase
Full Moon
99.3% illuminated
Lunar age: 15.6 days
Sun zodiac
Taurus
4.79 degrees
Constellation: Aries
Moon zodiac
Scorpio
10.51 degrees
Constellation: Libra
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.