1915<\/strong> – During World War I, the Ottoman Turkish Empire began the mass deportation of Armenians.<\/p>\n 1916<\/strong> – Irish nationalist launched the Easter Rebellion against British occupation forces. They were overtaken several days later.<\/p>\n 1944<\/strong> – The first B-29 arrived in China, over the Hump of the Himalayas.<\/p>\n 1952<\/strong> – Raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the “Gruen Guild Playhouse” in an episode titled, “The Tiger.”<\/p>\n 1953<\/strong> – Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n 1955<\/strong> – “X-Minus One,” a science fiction show, was first heard for the first time on NBC radio.<\/p>\n 1961<\/strong> – Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers struck out 18 batters becoming the first major-league pitcher to do so on two different occasions.<\/p>\n 1961<\/strong> –\u00a0U.S. President Kennedy\u00a0accepted “sole responsibility” following Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.<\/p>\n 1962<\/strong> – MIT sent a TV signal by satellite for the first time.<\/p>\n 1967<\/strong> – Soviet astronaut Vladimir Komarov died when his craft crashed with a tangled parachute.<\/p>\n 1967<\/strong> – The newest Greek regime banned miniskirts.<\/p>\n 1970<\/strong> – The People’s Republic of China launched its first satellite.<\/p>\n 1973<\/strong> – Albert Sabin reported that herpesviruses were factors in nine kinds of cancer.<\/p>\n 1974<\/strong> – David Bowie released “Diamond Dogs.”<\/p>\n 1989<\/strong> – Thousands of students began striking in Beijing.<\/p>\n 1990<\/strong> – The space shuttle\u00a0Discovery<\/i>\u00a0blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL. It was carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.<\/p>\n 1997<\/strong> – The U.S. Senate ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention. The global treaty banned the development, production, storage and use of chemical weapons.<\/p>\n 2000<\/strong> – ABC-TV aired the TV movie “The Three Stooges.”<\/p>\n 2003<\/strong> – A U.S. official reported North Korea had claimed to have nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n 2004<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The United States lifts\u00a0economic sanctions\u00a0imposed on\u00a0Libya\u00a018 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating\u00a0weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n 2005<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cardinal\u00a0Joseph Ratzinger is\u00a0inaugurated\u00a0as the 265th\u00a0Pope\u00a0of the\u00a0Catholic Church\u00a0taking the name\u00a0Pope Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n 2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A\u00a0building collapses\u00a0near\u00a0Dhaka,\u00a0Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others.<\/p>\n 2013<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Violence\u00a0in\u00a0Bachu County,\u00a0Kashgar Prefecture, of\u00a0China’s\u00a0Xinjiang results in the death of 21 people.<\/p>\n 2015<\/strong> – The Nasdaq Composite closed at a record high of 5092.09.<\/p>\n 2015<\/strong> – The S&P closed at a record high of 2117.69.<\/p>\n History of 24 April 1915 – During World War I, the Ottoman Turkish Empire began the mass deportation of Armenians. 1916 – Irish nationalist launched the Easter Rebellion against British occupation forces. 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