Today's Holidays in April 24

✡️ Religious Observances

• Islamic: Birth of Ismail Muhammad ash-Shirwani (ق) major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2013 — A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others. ↗
• 2013 — Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people. ↗
• 2005 — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI. ↗
• 2004 — The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons... ↗
• 1996 — In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1998 — Ryan Newman (actress), American actress
• 1997 — Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
• 1997 — Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
• 1996 — Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player
• 1993 — Ben Davies, Welsh footballer

🏀 Sports on this Date

• NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers @ Toronto Raptors — 00:00 Final
• MLB: Pittsburgh Pirates @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 Final
• NBA: Denver Nuggets @ Minnesota Timberwolves — 01:30 Final
• NHL: Colorado Avalanche @ Los Angeles Kings — 02:00 Final
• Bundesliga: 1. FC Union Berlin @ RB Leipzig — 18:30 Full Time
• Serie A: Cremonese @ Napoli — 18:45 Full Time