Today in history

April 24

1916
The Easter Uprising began when between 1,000 and 1,500 members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood attempted to seize Dublin and issued the declaration of Irish independence from Britain.

The seven signatories of the Irish Proclamation

1962
President Kennedy authorizes high-altitude testing of nuclear weapons, to determine whether missile-borne warheads can be used to black out military communications. (1962)

1971
In Washington DC, 500,000 demonstrated to oppose the U.S. war in Southeast Asia.
150,000 march at a simultaneous rally in San Francisco.

1983
International demonstrations against the plight of laboratory animals.
1996
Nineteen demonstrators arrested in Kiev, during illegal anti-nuclear protest marking 10th anniversary of Chernobyl.