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April 24: Yom Ha'atzmaut in Israel (2007); Republic Day in the Gambia; Genocide Remembrance Day in Armenia.

1800 - The U.S. Library of Congress was founded as a research library for the U.S. Congress.

1916 - Patrick Pearse and various members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood instigated the Easter Rising, a rebellion against British rule in Ireland, and proclaimed the Irish Republic an independent state.

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.

Recent days: April 23 – April 22 – April 21

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