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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_24" title="April 24">April 24</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide_Remembrance_Day" title="Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day">Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915" title="1915">1915</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1837" title="1837">1837</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1837_Surat_fire" title="1837 Surat fire">A fire broke out</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surat" title="Surat">Surat</a>, India, which went on to destroy about three-fourths of the city.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916" title="1916">1916</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_republicanism" title="Irish republicanism">Irish republicans</a> led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Pearse" title="Patrick Pearse">Patrick Pearse</a> began the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Rising" title="Easter Rising">Easter Rising</a></b> against British rule in Ireland, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_the_Irish_Republic" title="Proclamation of the Irish Republic">proclaimed</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Republic" title="Irish Republic">Irish Republic</a> an independent state.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" title="Hubble Space Telescope">Hubble Space Telescope</a></b> was launched aboard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-31" title="STS-31"><span class="nowrap">STS-31</span></a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery">Space Shuttle <i>Discovery</i></a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional Irish Republican Army</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Bishopsgate_bombing" title="1993 Bishopsgate bombing">detonated a truck bomb</a></b> in London's financial district in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishopsgate" title="Bishopsgate">Bishopsgate</a>, killing one person, injuring forty-four others, and causing damage that cost <span class="nowrap">£350 million</span> to repair.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellitus" title="Mellitus">Mellitus</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 624); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Dharmasena" title="Kumar Dharmasena">Kumar Dharmasena</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1971); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%A9e_Lauder_(businesswoman)" title="Estée Lauder (businesswoman)">Estée Lauder</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2004)</p>