Event:
U.S. fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines
More Notable Events on April 24:
1981 IBM-PC computer introduced
1953 Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
1898 Spain declares war on U.S. rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
1888 Eastman Kodak forms
1800 Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation
