Today in History: April 24, the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin

The present day is Thursday April the th day of There are days left in the year In current times in history On April Irish republicans launched the Easter Rising a rebellion against British rule in Ireland Though the rebels surrendered to British forces six days later the uprising set the stage for republican victories in the Irish general polling of and the establishment of the Irish Free State via the Anglo-Irish Treaty in Also on this date In in what is considered the start of the Armenian genocide the Ottoman Empire began rounding up Armenian political and cultural leaders in Constantinople Related Articles In contemporary times in History April Vietnam veterans stage protest at U S Capitol In the current era in History April the Oklahoma Land Rush of Renck vs Keeler How bad are Rockies Like Mets White Sox Colorado s first-in-the-nation sperm donor rules just took effect Now lawmakers may roll chosen back This rockin Denver music hall outclasses majority venues new or old In rioting erupted in Biloxi Mississippi after Black protesters staging a wade-in at a whites-only beach were attacked by a crowd of hostile white people In Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov was killed when his Soyuz spacecraft smashed into the Earth after his parachutes failed to deploy properly during reentry He was the first human spaceflight fatality In the United States launched Operation Eagle Claw an unsuccessful attempt to free American hostages in Iran that resulted in the deaths of eight U S institution members In Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral Florida carrying the billion Hubble Space Telescope In the final bomb linked to the Unabomber exploded inside the Sacramento California offices of the California Forestry Association killing chief lobbyist Gilbert B Murray Theodore Kaczynski was later sentenced to four lifetimes in prison for a series of bombings that killed three people and injured others In in Bangladesh a shoddily constructed eight-story commercial building housing garment factories collapsed killing more than people In former police officer Joseph DeAngelo was arrested at his home near Sacramento after DNA linked him to crimes attributed to the Golden State Killer government inferred he committed murders and more than rapes in the s and s DeAngelo would plead guilty in to counts of murder and be sentenced to life in prison without parole This day s Birthdays Actor Shirley MacLaine is Actor-singer-filmmaker Barbra Streisand is Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier is Actor Eric Bogosian is Actor Michael O Keefe is Actor-comedian Cedric the Entertainer is Actor Djimon Hounsou JEYE -mihn OHN -soo is Actor Aidan Gillen is Actor Rory McCann is Latin pop singer Alejandro Fernandez is Baseball Hall of Famer Chipper Jones is Actor Derek Luke is Singer-TV personality Kelly Clarkson is Country singer Carly Pearce is Actor-musician Joe Keery is Actor Jack Quaid is Actor Jordan Fisher is Golfer Lydia Ko is