THURSDAY, April 24, 2025

1479-B.C. Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty)

1184-B.C. The Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date)

1877-Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78: Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire

1898-Spanish–American War: Spain declares war after rejecting US ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba

1916-Easter Rising of Irish republicans against British occupation begins in Dublin

1967-American General William Westmoreland says in a Vietnam War news conference that the enemy has "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily"

1979-U.S. State of Georgia designates Ray Charles' rendition of "Georgia On My Mind" (written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell) as official state song

2023-India surpasses China as the worlds most populous country according to U.N. estimates, with 1,425,775,850 people (estimated to reach 1.7 billion by 2064)