History Of 24 April | On This Day In World

In the history of the World, some other important events recorded on the date of 24 April are as follows: -

➧ 1877: Russia declares battle against the Ottoman Empire.

➧ 1898: Spain declares war against America.

➧ 1920: Poland's army invades Ukraine.

➧ 1926: Berlin Treaty signed.

➧ 1954: British government orders stern action against the rebels in Kenya. The rebels in Kenya had carried out a guerrilla campaign against the whites living in the country, which they named Mau Mau.

➧ 1954: Australia and Soviet Union end diplomatic relations.

➧ 1960: 500 people died in the terrible earthquake in South Persia.

➧ 1962: MIT sends satellite TV signal for the first time.

➧ 1967: Astronaut Vladimir Komarov of the Soviet Union was the first person to die during a space mission. Shortly after entering Earth's atmosphere, the parachute strings of his spacecraft got tangled and he hit the earth from an altitude of several miles.

➧ 1970: China's first satellite Dang Fang Hong is launched.

➧ 1973: Master blaster Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, decorated with Bharat Ratna, was born in Mumbai. He is also known as the God of Cricket.

➧ 1974: Famous Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' passed away.

➧ 2010: National Panchayati Raj Day was celebrated for the first time. This day follows the day the 73rd amendment of the Indian Constitution came into force. This amendment gave constitutional status to Panchayati Raj institutions.

➧ 2011: Spiritual Guru Sathya Sai Baba passed away.

➧ 2013: Hundreds of people died after the building collapsed in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

➧ 2018: According to IFPI, worldwide streaming music services overtook CD and vinyl sales for the first time.

➧ 2020: On the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day, three Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Union Territory and Odisha (State) received National Awards under different categories for outstanding performance in strengthening democracy.

➧ 2020: China named its first Mars exploration mission "Tianwen-1". It celebrated the day as the 50th anniversary of the launch of its first satellite "Dang Fang Hong" in 1970.

➧ 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ownership plan during his video conference with all gram panchayat sarpanches on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day.

➧ 2020: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) engineers developed a new, easily-built high-pressure ventilator called VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Local) specifically to treat COVID-19 patients.