On This Day in History
Discover key historical events within the Genesis range (1950–2049) that occurred on this calendar day, and claim their commemorative registry plaques.
April 24
8 historical milestones registered between 1950 and 2049
Cold War: The Dominican Civil War broke out due to tensions following a military coup against the democratically elected government of President Juan Bosch two years earlier.
Wikipedia: Cold War
Eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue the captives in the Iran hostage crisis.
Wikipedia: United States Armed ForcesGruinard Island in Scotland, the site of biological warfare testing by British scientists, was declared free of anthrax after 48 years of quarantine.
Wikipedia: Gruinard Island
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard STS-31 by Space Shuttle Discovery.
Wikipedia: Hubble Space Telescope
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.
Wikipedia: Provisional Irish Republican Army
A backhoe breached a pipeline in Toronto, Canada, which caused a gas explosion that killed seven people.
Wikipedia: Backhoe
Secret documents relating to detainees at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp were released on WikiLeaks and several independent news organizations.
Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay files leakA building in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing 1,134 people, making it the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern history.
Wikipedia: Savar Upazila