Today in History: wednesday, April 24, 2013

歷史上的今天：2013年4月24日，星期三

April 24th, 1980, eight U.S. servicemen are killed when an abortive mission to free the American hostages in Iran ends in disaster. President Jimmy Carter: "It was my decision to attempt the rescue operation. It was my decision to cancel it when problems developed in the placement of our rescue team for a future rescue operation.”

The following year, Iran frees the hostages on Carter’s last day in office after 444 days in captivity.

1916, the Easter Rising begins in Ireland. Some 1,600 Irish nationalists seize several key sites in Dublin aiming to end British rule over the entire Emerald Isle. British forces crushed the rebellion almost week later.

1915, The Ottoman Empire, home of modern day Turkey, begins a mass deportation of Armenians during World War I. About 1,600,000 Armenians die of starvation or killed in forced exodus. Hundreds of thousands more are driven into exile.

1968, In New York, leftist students at Columbia University began a weeklong occupation of several buildings on campus.

And 1942, People, people who need people

Barbra Streisand, singer and actress, director and producer is born in Brooklyn, New York.

Today In History, April 24th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.