April 24th in History

1792: "La Marseillaise", which later becomes the French national anthem, composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle
1800: Library of Congress established with $5,000 allocation
1953: British PM Winston Churchill knighted by the Queen
1961: JFK accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs
1961: General de Gaulle of France order a blockade of Algeria
1970: China becomes the 5th nation to launch a satellite into orbit
1981: IBM-PC introduced
1985: Israel begins the third stage of its troop removal from Lebanon

April 24th birthdays

1934: Shirley MacLaine, American actress
1942: Barbra Streisland, American singer and actress