April 24th is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. By one calculation it is the date of the Fall of Troy, and more certainly that of Comet Haleys 1066 appearance later hailed as foretelling the Norman Conquest, the composition of La Marseillaise, Farraguts running of the Confederate batteries on the Mississippi below Nawlins, Joshua Slocums completion of the first solo circumnavigation of the globe, the onset of the Irish Easter Rebellion, the Knighting of Winston S. Churchill, and Lenny Glyns visit to the office of the President of Columbia University, among other events Born on this date were Cruel Tyrant Ezzelino III da Romano, noted commanders the Duke of Wellington, Marshals of France Joseph Gallieni & Henri Petain, and Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding, and Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, among others Deaths on this date include those of Sultan Ghowir of Syria and Marshal of France Concino Concini, but in unfortunagte circumstances, and the great Count Helmuth von Moltke. strategypage/today-in-military-history.aspx
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