The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation. Date: April 24, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)
Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark (first term). Date: April 24, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1924 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years. Date: April 24, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅…
Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom. Date: April 24, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg. Date: April 24, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece. Date: April 24, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Date: April 24, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War. Date: April 24, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)
Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region. Date: April 24, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London. Date: April 24, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today)