Editing April 24 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1704]] &ndash; The first regular newspaper in [[Thirteen Colonies|British Colonial America]], ''[[The Boston News-Letter]]'', is published.
*[[1793]] &ndash; French revolutionary [[Jean-Paul Marat]] is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris.<ref>{{cite book |last=Loomis |first=Stanley |date=1 June 1990 |title=Paris in the Terror |publisher=Dorset House Publishing Co Inc |isbn=978-0880294010}}</ref>
*[[1800]] &ndash; The United States [[Library of Congress]] is established when President [[John Adams]] signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of [[United States Congress|Congress]]".
*[[1837]] &ndash; The [[1837 Surat fire|great fire in Surat]] city of India caused more than 500 deaths and destruction of more than 9,000 houses.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xEFuAAAAMAAJ&q=+fire+1837|title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Surat District|publisher=Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State|year=1962|edition=2nd (Revised in 1962), 1st (1877)|location=Ahmedabad|pages=976–978}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)|Russo-Turkish War]]: The [[Russian Empire]] declares war on the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1885]] &ndash; American [[sharpshooter]] [[Annie Oakley]] is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of [[Buffalo Bill's Wild West]].
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Joshua Slocum]], the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop ''Spray''.<ref name="CBOD">{{cite book |last1=Ferguson |first1=Rosalind |title=Book of Days: A miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar |date=2004 |publisher=[[Chambers (publisher)|Chambers]] |isbn=0550100830 |page=203}}</ref>