What is april 24th?

  • 1800: The Library of Congress was established in the United States.

  • 1915: The Armenian Genocide officially began with the arrest and execution of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul).

  • 1967: Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the U.S. Army, citing his religious beliefs and opposition to the Vietnam War.

  • 1990: The Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.

  • 2005: Snuppy, the first cloned dog, was born in South Korea.