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Movie events on the 24th April
Union Admiral David Farragut leads a flotilla past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River. (south of New Orleans, Louisiana) (Hearts in Bondage )
Erich Raeder, future commander of the German Navy, is born. (Nuremberg)
Easter Rebellion begins. (Dublin, Ireland) (Michael Collins)
President Truman is briefed on the Manhattan Project. (Truman)
Willa Cather dies. (New York) (Willa Cather: The Road Is All)