| April 24th 1983 | | Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
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| April 24th 1983 | | Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election
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| April 24th 1983 | | "Show Boat" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 73 performances
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| April 24th 1984 | | Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
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| April 24th 1985 | | Pulitzer prize awarded to Carolyn Lizer for "Yin"
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| April 24th 1987 | | Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza NYC
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| April 24th 1988 | | Rosie Jones wins LPGA USX Golf Classic
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| April 24th 1989 | | 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China
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| April 24th 1989 | | Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day"
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| April 24th 1990 | | West & East Germany agree to merge currency & economies on July 1st
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| April 24th 1990 | | US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit
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| April 24th 1990 | | Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies
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| April 24th 1990 | | Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa," premieres in Dublin
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| April 24th 1991 | | 26th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks
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| April 24th 1992 | | Vinson Pike fined œ1000 for distributing obscene computer pictures
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