Today in History: Sunday, April 24, 2016

AP Photo AP Highlight in History: On April 24, 1990, the space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.
On this date in: 1792 The French national anthem, "La Marseillaise," was composed by Capt. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. 1800 Congress approved a bill establishing the Library of Congress. 1877 Federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans, ending the North's post-Civil War rule in the South. 1898 Spain declared war on the United States after rejecting America's ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba. 1915 The Ottoman Empire rounded up Armenian political and cultural leaders in Constantinople at the start of what many scholars regard as the first genocide of the 20th century, in which an estimated 1.5 million Armenians died. 1916 The Easter uprising began when some 1,600 Irish nationalists seized several key sites in Dublin. 1962 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology achieved the first satellite relay of a television signal. 1980 The United States launched an abortive attempt to free the American hostages in Iran; eight U.S. servicemen died. President Carter announces the failed mission. Read the original AP story AP Photo 1996 The main assembly of the Palestine Liberation Organization voted to revoke clauses in its charter that called for an armed struggle to destroy Israel. 2005 Pope Benedict XVI was installed as leader of the Roman Catholic Church in cermonies at the Vatican.		Video Highlights of This Day in History Today's Birthdays: Singer Bobby Striesand turns 74 years old today. AP Photo/Matt Sayles Name Profession Age Shirley MacLaine Actress 82 Sue Grafton Author 76 Richard M. Daley Former mayor of Chicago 74 Richard Sterban Country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys) 73 Doug Clifford Rock musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 71 Eric Bogosian Actor 63 Glenn Morshower Actor ("24") 57 Djimon Hounsou Actor 52 Cedric the Entertainer Actor, comedian 52 Omar Vizquel Baseball player 49 Eric Balfour Actor 39 Carlos Beltran Baseball player 39 Danny Gokey Singer ("American Idol") 36 Kelly Clarkson Singer ("American Idol") 34 Retired baseball player Chipper Jones turns 44 years old today. AP Photo/Julio Cortez