24 April

Events which occurred on the 24th of April.

Events[]

1851: United States Marshal Morgan Earp is born.
1910: Halley's Comet is sighted. (Star Trek Annual 1969 article: The Most Famous Comet of All!)
1916: The Easter Rising revolt begins in Ireland. (TOS novel: Strangers from the Sky)
1974: Entertainer Bud Abbott dies.
1987: Bell Riots martyr Gabriel Bell is born. (DS9 episode: "Past Tense")
1990: NASA's space shuttle Discovery launches for mission STS-31, carrying the Hubble Space Telescope in its cargo bay.
1995: The Russian aircraft carrier Sergei G. Gorshkov is mysteriously destroyed by an alien creature in the Black Sea. (TNG novel: Ghost Ship)
2153: A Klingon Bird-of-Prey in the Sol system attacks Enterprise, but retreats when reinforcements arrive. (ENT episode & novelization: The Expanse)

2260: The crew of the USS Enterprise encounter the Gorn while investigating an attack on Parthenon 559. (TOS comic: "Predatory")

2380: Tom Paris reunites with B'Elanna Torres on Earth and sees the Home Free, a civilian Spirit-class vessel she and Dil Moore have outfitted with a crude slipstream drive. (VOY novel: Full Circle)

1971: TOS comic: "Key Witness" continues with the 2nd installment, in TV21 Weekly #83.
1980: The 47th installment of TOS comic: "The Real McCoy" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
1981: The 34th installment of TOS comic: "It's a Living" is published.
1982: The 55th installment of TOS comic: "The Wristwatch Plantation" is published.
1989: TNG episode: "The Icarus Factor" airs (week of).
1994: DS9 episode: "The Maquis" airs (week of).
1995: DS9 episode: "Improbable Cause" and VOY episode: "Heroes and Demons" air.
2002: ENT episode: "Detained" airs.
2004: ENT episode: "Damage" airs.
2012: DTI novel: Forgotten History is published by Pocket Books.
2019: TOS - Year Five: Odyssey's End comic: "Issue 1" and ST - Waypoint comic: "Special 2019" are published.