Friday, 24 April 2020

ON THIS DAY APRIL 24th - JUST FOR FUN

2005 - On this day in 2005, Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger), successor to John Paul II, formally assumed his position as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church during a mass in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.

<1980 - U.S. forces launched a mission to rescue American hostages in Iran, but the attempt failed, and eight U.S. service members were killed..

1916- Members of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army seized strategic points in Dublin during the Easter Rising, which heralded the end of British rule in Ireland.

2007- Recording artist and the most-awarded female act of all-time Whitney Houston (43) divorces R&B singer-songwriter Bobby Brown (38) due to irreconcilable differences after 14 years of marriage.

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