ON THIS DAY: March in Newport to mark Prophet's birth

FROM THE ARGUS ARCHIVE:

On this day a year ago the Argus reported on how march in Newport to mark Prophet's birth.

Five years ago today we reported how hundreds said farewell to a Scottish man, John Rafferty, who had made Newport his home for the last 42 years.

The stories from history on this day - April 24

NATIONAL DAY OF TOGO 1296: The English beat the Scots at the battle of Dunbar.

1521: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines at the Battle of Mactan.

1737: Edward Gibbon, English historian who wrote The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, was born in London.

1791: Samuel Morse, inventor of the Morse Code, was born in Massachusetts. He made his living as a portrait painter.

1810: Beethoven's piano piece Fur Elise was published.

1828: The London Zoological Gardens in Regent's Park were opened.

1937: Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco was completed. At 4,200ft long, it was the longest in the world at the time.

1939: In Britain, conscription was introduced for the first time since the First World War.

1950: Apartheid in South Africa (the Group Areas Act), was passed, formally segregating races.

1968: Abortion was legalised in Britain.

1992: Betty Boothroyd became the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.

1994: The first democratic general election was held in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Boyband One Direction declared they were not splitting up.