Sunday, April 24, 2022

History for April 24

History for April 24 - On-This-Day.com
Shirley MacLaine 1934 - Actress
  • 1805 - The U.S. Marines attacked and captured the town of Derna in Tripoli.
  • 1833 - A patent was granted for first soda fountain.
  • 1877 - In the U.S., federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans. This was the end to the North's post-Civil War rule in the South.
  • 1884 - Otto von Bismarck cabled Cape Town that South Africa was now a German colony.
  • 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.
  • 1970 - The People's Republic of China launched its first satellite.
  • 1989 - Thousands of students began striking in Beijing.

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