What happend on 24th April

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25.04
2005

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

2004

US lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.

1996

In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is introduced.

1995

The last Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 rolls off the assembly line.

1994

The world's largest lollipop weighing 3,011 pounds (1,366 kg) is made in Denmark

1993

An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of City of London.

1991

Freddie Stowers is awarded the posthumous Medal of Honor for which he had been recommended in 1918.

1990

Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of anthrax after 48 years of quarantine.

1990

STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery.

1984

Apple Computer unveils its Apple IIc portable computer.