Historical Events
- 2nd night Exeter bombed by German Luftwaffe
Famous Birthdays
Barbra Streisand (81 years old)
American pop singer ("People"; "The Way We Were"; "Evergreen"), stage and screen actress (Funny Girl; What's Up, Doc?), film director (Yentl) and EGOT (Emmy; Grammy; Oscar; and Tony awards winner), born in Brooklyn, New York
- George Vella, Maltese politician, President of Malta (2019-), born in Żejtun, Malta
Richard M. Daley (81 years old)
American politician, 43rd Mayor of Chicago (1989-2011), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Valeri Abramovich Voloshin, Russian pilot cosmonaut, born in Yangiyul, Tashkent
Famous Deaths
- Leonid Kulik, Russian mineralogist who led the first research expedition to study the Tunguska meteor site, the largest impact event in recorded history, dies of typhus in a Nazi prison camp at 58
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Canadian author (Anne of Green Gables), dies at 67
1942 Highlights
About April 24, 1942
Day of the Week: Friday
How Long Ago? 81 years, 5 months and 10 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Star Sign: Taurus
