April 24th

April 24 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 241 days remaining until the end of time.

1792 "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle. Vive la France!!

1880 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England

1895 Joshua Slocum dribbles across the finish line to complete around-the-world solo voyage in 11-meter boat.  Obviously, he is not sponsored by Old Navy. . .

1907 Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey is opened for the exclusive use of his employees. I bet the Hershey Highway is the main attraction.

1909 Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds, but fail to qualify for the Amateur Athletic Association finals.

1916 Éirí Amach na Cásca: the start of the Easter Rising led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett

1928 Fathometer is patented, ostensibly, to measures underwater depth, but does a better job measuring how hot DILFs are.

1944 United Negro College Fund incorporates

1956 AL umpire Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game

1968 Students take over Columbia University, New York City.  Imagine it: white kids kinda rioting in Harlem!  And it's not even Opposite Day!

1969 Paul McCartney says he is not dead, despite persist rumors and evidence to the contrary

1992 Bisexual David Bowie marries model Iman with the 6" clitoris in Switzerland.  Cute couple.

1942 Barbra Streisand, Mecha-singer/actress/composer/producer/director/funny girl 

1952 Jean-Paul Gaultier, gay French fashion designer 

1953 Eric Bogosian, US actor/writer

1964 Djimon Hounsou, Beninese actor/dancer/fashion model 

1964 Beau Saxon, gay US actor 

1966 Ty Fox, gay US model/actor 

1968 Aidan Gillen, Irish actor/QAF (UK) 

1968 Mark Vanderloo, Dutch model 

1969 Dean Coulter, gay US actor 

1971 Alejandro Fernandez, Mexican singer/songwriter 

1971 Aaron Austin, gay US actor 

1973 Dean Armstrong, Canadian actor/acting coach/QAF (US) 

1974 Noah Danby, Canadian actor 

1975 Thad Luckinbill, US actor 

1977 Eric Balfour, US actor/singer (Born As Ghosts) 

1980 Austin Nichols, US actor/Jake's BFF 

1982 David Oliver, US runner 

1984 Tyson Ritter, US singer/guitarist (The All American Rejects) 

1904 Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist, cums and goes

1947 Willa Cather, gay US author, is a lost lady since she is obviously butch.

1997 Pat Paulsen, US comedian (Smothers Brothers Show)/Presidential candidate (1968, 1972), loses this campaign, too.

2010 Elizabeth Post, US etiquette expert, is simply mortified at this turn of events.