January 24
January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 341 days remaining (342 in leap years).
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Events
- 41 - Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, was assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards.
- 1438 - Pope Eugenius IV was suspended by the Council of Basel.
- 1458 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary.
- 1624 - Alfonso Mendez, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.
- 1679 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament.
- 1742 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1848 - California gold rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
- 1888 - Jacob L. Wortman patents the typewriter ribbon.
- 1908 - Robert Baden-Powell begins the Boy Scout movement.
- 1916 - In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax void.
- 1918 - A decree of the Council of People's Commissars, introducing the Gregorian calendar in Russia since February 1, issued
- 1922 - Christian K. Nelson patents the Eskimo Pie.
- 1924 - St. Petersburg, Russia is renamed Leningrad.
- 1927 - Young director Alfred Hitchcock released his first film, The Pleasure Garden, in England.
- 1936 - Albert Sarraut becomes Prime Minister of France
- 1943 - World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
- 1945 - Auschwitz, Concentration Camp in Poland is Liberated by Soviet Troops.
- 1952 - Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada.
- 1962 - Brian Epstein signs to manage The Beatles.
- 1966 - An Air India Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mont Blanc, on the border between France and Italy, killing 117
- 1972 - Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese soldier, is discovered on Guam.
- 1982 - Super Bowl XVI: San Francisco 49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals, 26-21 in the first Super Bowl played north of the Mason-Dixon line
- 1984 - The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
- 1986 - Voyager 2 passes within 50,679 miles of Uranus.
- 1987 - In Lebanon, gunmen kidnap Alann Steen, Jesse Turner, Robert Polhill and Mitheleshwar Singh.
- 1989 - Serial killer Ted Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair.
- 1995 - The prosecution delivers its opening statement in the O. J. Simpson murder trial.
- 1996 - Polish Premier Jozef Oleksy resigns amid charge he spied for Moscow.
- 2001 - The last two of the Texas 7 are taken into custody in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- 2002 - Enron Congressional hearings begin.
- 2002 - Terrorist suspect John Walker Lindh's hearing begins.
- 2002 - The United States Department of Justice indicts Robert Nicholas Angleton for conspiring to murder his wife, Doris Angleton, along with his brother Roger.
- 2003 - The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
Births
- 76 - Hadrian, Roman emperor (d. 138)
- 1444 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476)
- 1638 - Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (d. 1706)
- 1670 - William Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729)
- 1712 - King Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1786)
- 1732 - Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (d. 1799)
- 1776 - E.T.A. Hoffmann, German writer, composer, and painter (d. 1822)
- 1862 - Edith Wharton, American writer (d. 1937)
- 1888 - Vicki Baum, writer (d. 1960)
- 1888 - Ernst Heinkel, aircraft designer (d. 1958)
- 1895 - Eugen Roth, writer (d. 1976)
- 1902 - E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (d. 1965)
- 1909 - Martin Lings, Islamic scholar (d. 2005)
- 1913 - Norman Dello Joio, American composer
- 1915 - Robert Motherwell, American painter (d. 1991)
- 1916 - Jack Brickhouse, American sports broadcaster (d. 1998)
- 1917 - Ernest Borgnine, American actor
- 1918 - Oral Roberts, American evangelist
- 1925 - Maria Tallchief, ballerina
- 1928 - Desmond Morris, anthropologist and writer
- 1934 - Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and dramatist (d. 1976)
- 1936 - Doug Kershaw, musician
- 1939 - Ray Stevens, country musician
- 1941 - Aaron Neville, American singer
- 1941 - Neil Diamond, American singer
- 1943 - Sharon Tate, American actress (d. 1969)
- 1946 - Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor
- 1947 - Warren Zevon, American musician and songwriter (d. 2003)
- 1949 - John Belushi, actor (d. 1982)
- 1951 - Yakov Smirnoff, Russian comedian
- 1958 - Jools Holland, musician
- 1959 - Nastassja Kinski, actress
- 1959 - Vic Reeves, comedian
- 1968 - Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast
- 1970 - Matthew Lillard, American actor
- 1979 - Tatyana Ali, actress
- 1986 - Ricky Ullman, actor
- 1986 - Mischa Barton, British-American actress
Deaths
- 41 - Caligula, Emperor of Rome (assassinated) (b. 12)
- 772 - Pope Stephen IV (b. 720)
- 1125 - David the Builder, King of Georgia (b. 1073)
- 1366 - King Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)
- 1595 - Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (b. 1529)
- 1856 - Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Hasidic leader (b. 1775)
- 1882 - Levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)
- 1883 - Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
- 1920 - Amedeo Modigliani, painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
- 1932 - Sir Alfred Yarrow, shipbuilder (b. 1842)
- 1939 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and Muesli inventor (b. 1867)
- 1943 - John Burns, English politician (b. 1858)
- 1955 - Ira Hayes, American World War II hero (b. 1923)
- 1960 - Edwin Fischer, pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
- 1961 - Alfred Carlton Gilbert, swimmer and inventor (b. 1884)
- 1965 - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1874)
- 1971 - Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
- 1973 - J. Carrol Naish, actor (b. 1897)
- 1975 - Larry Fine, american actor and comedian, original member of The Three Stooges (b. 1902)
- 1983 - George Cukor, American film director
- 1986 - L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer and founder of Scientology (b. 1911)
- 1986 - Gordon MacRae, actor, singer (b. 1921)
- 1986 - Vincente Minnelli, director (b. 1903)
- 1986 - Flo Hyman, American volleyball player
- 1989 - Ted Bundy, serial killer (executed) (b. 1946)
- 1993 - Thurgood Marshall, United States Supreme Court justice (b. 1908)
- 1998 - Walter D. Edmonds, American author
- 2003 - Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (b. 1921)
- 2004 - Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- 2005 - June Bronhill, Australian opera and operetta singer (b. 1929)
- 2005 - Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian science fiction writer (b. 1933)
- 2005 - Chalkie White, English rugby coach (b. 1929)
Holidays and observances
- Roman Empire - first day of the Sementivae in honor of Ceres and Terra
- Roman Catholic Church - Feasts of St. Francis de Sales and Our Lady of Peace
External links
See Also:
January 23 - January 25 - December 24 - February 24 -- listing of all days
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