It happened on a… April 24

2018

Streaming music services overtake worldwide sales of CDs and vinyl for the first time according to IFPI.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.

Thousands of students began striking in Beijing.

Film “Crocodile Dundee” starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski premieres in Australia (highest grossing film of the year).

Supreme Court of Canada ruling allows Sunday shopping in most provinces.

Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.

Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Miles Davis makes recording debut with the Herbie Fields Orchestra, backing singer “Rubberlegs” Wilson, at Savoy Records Studio, Newark, New Jersey.

The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.

Eastman Kodak founded by George Eastman.