Today in History, April 24, 2008
Created: Apr 24, 2008 11:00 AM
Today is Thursday, April 24, the 115th day of 2008. There are 251 days left in the year.In 1792, the national anthem of France, "La Marseillaise," was composed by Captain Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.In 1916, some 1,600 Irish nationalists launched the Easter Rising an insurrection aimed at setting up an Irish Republic, by seizing several key sites in Dublin. The rising was put down by British forces almost a week later.
@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Thursday, April 24, the 115th day of 2008. There are 251 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1792, the national anthem of France, "La Marseillaise," was composed by Captain Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
In 1916, some 1,600 Irish nationalists launched the Easter Rising an insurrection aimed at setting up an Irish Republic, by seizing several key sites in Dublin. The rising was put down by British forces almost a week later.
Thought for Today
"I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution." — Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. President (1822-1885).
