- 1915 24 Apr The Armenian genocide begins as Turkey deports and murders Armenians for being 'pro-Russian'.
- 1916 24 Apr The Easter Rising - a nationalist rebellion against British rule during World War One - begins in Dublin.
- 1942 24 Apr Germany begins 'Baedeker raids' on British cultural targets, bombing Exeter, Bath, York, Hull and Norwich.
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