On This Day - April 24th

Featured Event:

Installation of Pope Benedict XVI (2005) ✝️

On this day in 2005, Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger), successor to John Paul II, formally assumed his position as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church

Other Events:

1877: War broke out between Russia and the Ottoman Empire at the conclusion of the Serbo-Turkish War, resulting in independence for Serbia and Montenegro. 🇷🇸🇲🇪

1898: Spain declared war on the United States. 🇪🇸

1967: Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov became the first man to die during a space mission when his spacecraft became entangled in its parachute during an attempted landing. 🚀

2003: Officials of North Korea informed U.S. diplomats that it had nuclear weapons and was making bomb-grade plutonium. ☢️

Holidays:

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day 🇦🇲

Concord Day 🇳🇪

Democracy Day 🇳🇵

Republic Day 🇬🇲

Featured Birthdays:

1930: Richard Donner 🇺🇸 (Director)

1942: Barbara Streisand 🇺🇸 (Singer)

1973: Sachin Tendulkar 🇮🇳 (Cricketer)

1982: Kelly Clarkson 🇺🇸 (Singer)

Featured Deaths:

1731: Daniel Defoe 🇬🇧 (Author)

1967: Vladimir Komarov 🇷🇺 (Cosmonaut)

1986: Wallis Simpson 🇺🇸 (Socialite)