Historical Events on April 24.

1.  National Panchayati Raj Day (INDIA) & Democracy Day (NEPAL)

2.  1800, 24th April: The world’s best library, the Library of Congress, opened in the United States.

3.  1967, 24th April: Vladimir Komarov became the first astronaut to die for not opening a parachute on time.

4.  1968, 24th April: Mauritius joined the United Nations.

5.  1970, 24th April: The Gambia became a republic.

6.  1990, 24th April: Hubble telescope launched into space.

7.  1993, 24th April: Terrorists hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 427 from Delhi to Srinagar. All 141 passengers were released safely.

8.  2013, 24th April: A building collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed 1,129, and injured 2,500 people.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on April 24.

1.  1571: Sawai Raja Sur Singh Rathore, the king of the Marwar kingdom, India.

2.  1929: Rajkumar, an Indian film actor and playback singer in the Kannada cinema.

3.  1956: Sharad Bobde, the 47th and current Chief Justice of India.

4.  1956: Teejan Bai, an exponent of Pandavani, a traditional performing art form, from Chhattisgarh, India.

5.  1973: Sachin Tendulkar, a former Indian international cricketer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.

6.  1987: Varun Dhawan, an Indian actor.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on April 24.

1.  1926: Sri Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian guru, and philanthropist.

2.  1934: C. Sankaran Nair, the President of the Indian National Congress in 1897.

3.  1942: Dinanath Mangeshkar, an Indian singer, and actor. 

4.  1972: Jamini Roy, an Indian painter.

5.  1974: Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, an Indian Hindi poet, essayist, patriot, and academic.

6.  1999: Nanabhai Bhatt, Indian film director, and producer of Hindi and Gujarati cinema.