Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 24

April 24: Genocide Remembrance Day in Armenia, Republic Day in the Gambia.

Hubble Space Telescope

• 1800 - The U.S. Library of Congress was founded.
• 1916 - Easter Rising, a rebellion led by the Irish Republican Brotherhood, broke out in Ireland.
• 1967 - The Soyuz 1 spacecraft crashed in Siberia, killing cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov.
• 1980 - Eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue the hostages in the Iran hostage crisis.
• 1990 - The Hubble Space Telescope (pictured) was launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery in mission STS-31.

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• March 31
• April 1
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