April 24, 1980 in History

Event:

U.S. military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die





More Notable Events on April 24:
1981 IBM-PC computer introduced
1953 Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
1898 Spain declares war on U.S. rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
1888 Eastman Kodak forms
1800 Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation
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