On this day - April 24

FROM THE ARGUS ARCHIVE:

On this day a year ago the Argus reported on how Gwent crime statistics were now 'reflecting actual crime' according to Gwent PCC Ian Johnston.

South Wales Argus: Gwent police and crime commissioner Ian Johnston

Five years ago today we reported how the volcanic ash cloud created an epic journey for a Cwmbran man.

South Wales Argus: LONG WAY HOME: Marc van der Zwan

The stories from history on this day - April 24

1743: Edmund Cartwright, inventor of the power loom, was born.

1792: La Marseillaise was composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle.

1815: Novelist Anthony Trollope was born in London.

1889: Sir Stafford Cripps, the Labour Chancellor who introduced austerity measures in Britain after the Second World War, was born.

1916: The Easter Rebellion, also known as the Easter Rising, began in Dublin against British rule in Ireland (ended on April 29).

1950: President Harry S Truman denied there were communists in the US government.

1965: The Pennine Way - 250 miles (402km) from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish border - was officially opened.

1986: Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, the American widow of Edward, Duke of Windsor, died in Paris, aged 89.

1990: The Hubble Space Telescope was launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The first portrait of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby went on display alongside artwork covering 500 years of Church history.