HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Apr 24)

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Apr 24, 2011 - Spiritual guru who has thousands of followers in died this day.

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Apr 24, 1990 - is the first major orbiting observatory named after American astronomer, . It was deployed on this day from the Discovery into an orbit 381 miles above the earth.

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Apr 24, 1986 - Died this day, Wallis Simpson was the of Windsor - for whom King Edward VIII relinquished the British throne.

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Apr 24, 1974 - Died this day, Ramdhari Singh, commonly known as , was one of the most important modern Hindi poets ( poet with his poetry in pre-Independence days); he has been hailed as a " " ("National poet").

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Apr 24, 1973 - On this day, a landmark judgement was given by the of India that the could not amend the Rights and that such changes would require a new Assembly.

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Apr 24, 1973 - Born this day, of India is considered as the best ever cricketer in the world.

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Apr 24, 1972 - Died this day, Roy was a noted Indian artist.

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Apr 24, 1970 - On this day, The Gambia became a republic within the of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President.

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Apr 24, 1967 - On this day, Vladimir Komarov (a Russian cosmonaut) became the first human to .

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Apr 24, 1800 - The US Library of CONGRESS was founded on this day in

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Apr 24, 1743 - Born this day, Edmund Cartwright was an English inventor of the first and predecessor of the modern power loom.