In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law. Date: April 24, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction. Date: April 24, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI. Date: April 24, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bombings in the Egyptian resort city of Dahab kill 23 people and injure about 80. Date: April 24, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
WikiLeaks starts publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak. Date: April 24, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)
Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people. Date: April 24, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,134 people and injuring about 2,500 others. Date: April 24, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
A mass stabbing at a school in Nantes, France, leaves one person dead and three others wounded. Date: April 24, 2025 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 2025 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Portugal, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Lisbon, killing at least 60 people and injuring 75. Date: April 23, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge. Date: April 23, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)