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On April 24, 1898, Spain declared war on the United States after rejecting America's ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba.
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On April 24, 1905, Robert Penn Warren, an American writer and first poet laureate of the United States, was born. Following his death on Sept. 15, 1989, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1792	The French national anthem, "La Marseillaise," was composed by Capt. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
1800	Congress approved a bill establishing the Library of Congress.
1877	Federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans, ending the North's post-Civil War rule in the South.
1898	Spain declared war on the United States after rejecting America's ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba.
1915	The Ottoman Empire rounded up Armenian political and cultural leaders in Constantinople at the start of what many scholars regard as the first genocide of the 20th century, in which an estimated 1.5 million Armenians died.
1916	The Easter uprising began when some 1,600 Irish nationalists seized several key sites in Dublin.
1980	The United States launched an abortive attempt to free the American hostages in Iran; eight U.S. servicemen died.
1996	The main assembly of the Palestine Liberation Organization voted to revoke clauses in its charter that called for an armed struggle to destroy Israel.
2005	Pope Benedict XVI was installed as leader of the Roman Catholic Church in cermonies at the Vatican.

Current Birthdays

Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones turns 39 years old today.

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Singer Danny Gokey ("American Idol") turns 31 years old today.

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1934	Shirley MacLaine, Actress, turns 77
1940	Sue Grafton, Author, turns 71
1942	Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, turns 69
1942	Barbra Streisand, Singer, actress, turns 69
1943	Richard Sterban, Country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys), turns 68
1945	Doug Clifford, Rock musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival), turns 66
1953	Eric Bogosian, Actor, turns 58
1959	Glenn Morshower, Actor ("24"), turns 52
1964	Djimon Hounsou, Actor, turns 47
1964	Cedric the Entertainer, Actor, comedian, turns 47
1967	Omar Vizquel, Baseball player, turns 44
1977	Eric Balfour, Actor, turns 34
1977	Carlos Beltran, Baseball player, turns 34
1982	Kelly Clarkson, Singer ("American Idol"), turns 29

Historic Birthdays

Robert Penn Warren4/24/1905 - 9/15/1989American novelist, poet, critic and teacher.Go to obituary »

79	St. Vincent De Paul 4/24/1581 - 9/27/1660 French founder of the Congregation of the Mission
78	Giovanni Battista Martini 4/24/1706 - 10/4/1784 Italian composer, music theorist and teacher
80	Robert Bailey Thomas 4/24/1766 - 5/19/1846 American publisher of "Old Farmer's Almanac"
67	Anthony Trollope 4/24/1815 - 12/6/1882 English novelist
95	Henri-Philippe Petain 4/24/1856 - 7/23/1951 French general; World War I hero and head of French Vichy government (1940-44)
63	John R. Pope 4/24/1874 - 8/27/1937 American architect; designed the National Gallery of Art
63	Sir Stafford Cripps 4/24/1889 - 4/21/1952 English chancellor of the exchequer (1947-50)
93	Willem de Kooning 4/24/1904 - 3/19/1997 Dutch-born American painter
40	William Joyce 4/24/1906 - 1/3/1946 English propagandist for Germany during World War II (aka Lord Haw Haw)