Today in history 24

Here are some historical events that occurred on April 24th:

1885: The first electric streetlights are installed in Wabash, Indiana, USA.

1915: The sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-boat kills over 1,000 people, including 128 Americans, and leads to the United States' entry into World War I.

1940: The first episode of the popular radio show "The Shadow" airs, starring Orson Welles as the crime-fighting vigilante.

1967: The first Supermarket in the United States, King Kullen, opens in Queens, New York.

1980: The United States Olympic hockey team, made up of amateur and collegiate players, defeats the heavily favored Soviet Union team 4-3 in the semifinals of the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

1990: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched into orbit around the Earth.

2005: The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft sends back the first images of Saturn's moon, Titan.

2015: The world's largest waterfall, by volume of water, is discovered in Angola, Africa.

These are just a few of the many historical events that have occurred on April 24th.