What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
04/24/1620
  John Graunt, statistician, founded the science of demography
04/24/1815
  Anthony Trollope, England, novelist (Barchester Towers)
04/24/1942
  Barbra Streisand, profile
EVENTS
04/24/1800
  Library of Congress founded with a $5000 allocation.
04/24/1865
  SF Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph system put into operation.
04/24/1934
  Wind gusts reach 372 kph at Mt Washington, NH
04/24/1953
  Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
04/24/1962
  MIT sends TV signal by satellite for first time: CA to MA
04/24/1970
  China launchs first satellite, transmitting song 'East is Red'.
04/24/1981
  The IBM Personal Computer (PC) is introduced.
04/24/1990
  Hubble Space Telescope put into orbit by shuttle Discovery.

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