April 24

Events


 * 1928 - Fathometer is patented by Herbert Grove Dorsey (No. 1,667,540).
 * 1934 - The first pipeless organ is patented by Laurens Hammond (No. 1,956,350)
 * 1981 - The first IBM personal computer is introduced.

Births


 * 1706 – Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1780)
 * 1930 – Jerome Callet, American musician
 * 1933 – Freddie Scott, American singer (d. 2007)
 * 1937 – Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001)
 * 1943 – Richard Sterban, American singer
 * 1945 – Doug Clifford, American drummer
 * 1945 – Robert Knight, American singer
 * 1945 – Doug Riley, Canadian musician (d. 2007)
 * 1954 – Captain Sensible, British guitarist
 * 1957 – David J, British musician
 * 1957 – Boris Williams, British musician
 * 1963 – Paula Frazer, American singer/songwriter
 * 1963 – Billy Gould, American musician
 * 1963 – Mano Solo, French singer
 * 1963 – Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian musician
 * 1974 – Brian Marshall, American bassist
 * 1982 – Kelly Clarkson, American singer