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Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
On This Day, April 24: Benedict XVI becomes Roman Catholic pope
April 24 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1704, the Boston News-Letter became the first U.S. newspaper to be published on a regular basis. In 1800, the U.S. Congress established the Library of Congress. In 1913, the Woolworth Building, designed by architect Cass Gilbert, an early proponent of skyscrapers, opened to the public and its tenants. In 1914, the Easter Rising began. Irish republicans armed themselves in rebellion against the British government. Nearly 500 people died --including more than 250 civilians -- during the six-day skirmish, and the British executed 16 rebels. In 1957, the Suez Canal was reopened to shipping after being shut for more than five months following a conflict between Egypt, and the trio of Israel, Britain and France. In 1980, Operation Eagle Claw, the attempt to rescue 52 embassy staff held captive in Tehran, ends with the death of eight servicemen when a helicopter crashed into a transport aircraft. In 1983, German endurance racing driver Rolf Stommelen died during a crash at the Riverside International Raceway in California. He was 39. In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard the space shuttle Discovery. In 1996, the Palestinian National Council voted to drop its official commitment to the destruction of Israel. In 2005, Benedict XVI was installed in Rome as the 265th Roman Catholic pope. In 2013, a building that housed clothing factories collapsed in Bangladesh, killing more than 1,000 people. In 2023, Fox News announced that its top opinion show host, Tucker Carlson, agreed to leave the network in the wake of the network settling a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million.
CBS News
25-03-2025
- General
- CBS News
Detroit Public Library's history marks 160 years of books and community resources
The Detroit Public Library has reached its 160th anniversary, having officially opened on March 25, 1865. The initial collection of 5,000 books was kept in a room of the old Capitol High School on Griswold Street, according to history notes on the library's website. A committee from the Detroit Board of Education governed the library until 1881 when the Detroit Library Commission was formed. The first dedicated library building opened in 1877 in Centre Park, on the site of the current Skillman Branch library. The first branches opened in 1900 inside Central High School, Harris School on the east side and Western High School. The new main library building on Woodward Avenue opened in 1921. Architect Cass Gilbert designed the Italian Renaissance-style library building. Construction was partially funded by a gift from Andrew Carnegie, whose philanthropic efforts included financial support. over 1,600 libraries across the United States. The Cass Avenue wing expansion opened in 1963. Today, the library system's 23 branches and its mobile library service provide books and resources for the community along with study spaces, book clubs, cultural programming, career and employment help, obituary searches and publicly available computers.
