Historical events April 24.

1800: The world’s best library, the Library of Congress, opened in the United States.

1967: Vladimir Komarov became the first astronaut to die for not opening a parachute on time.

1968: Mauritius joined the United Nations.

1970: The Gambia became a republic.

1990: Hubble telescope launched into space.

1993: Terrorists hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 427 from Delhi to Srinagar. All 141 passengers were released safely.

2013: A building collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed 1,129, and injured 2,500 people.

Birth Anniversaries , April 24.

1571: Sawai Raja Sur Singh Rathore, the king of the Marwar kingdom, India.

1929: Rajkumar, an Indian film actor and playback singer in the Kannada cinema.

1956: Sharad Bobde, the 47th and current Chief Justice of India.

1973: Sachin Tendulkar, a former Indian international cricketer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.

1987: Varun Dhawan, an Indian actor.

Death anniversaries ,April 24.

1934: C. Sankaran Nair, the President of the Indian National Congress in 1897.

1942: Dinanath Mangeshkar, an Indian singer, and actor. 

1972: Jamini Roy, an Indian painter.

1974: Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, an Indian Hindi poet, essayist, patriot, and academic.

1999: Nanabhai Bhatt, Indian film director, and producer of Hindi and Gujarati cinema.

2011: Sri Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian guru, and philanthropist.