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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41 -
Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his
eccentricity and cruel
despotism, is
assassinated by his disgruntled
Praetorian Guards.
Claudius succeeds his nephew.
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1438 - The
Council of Basel suspends
Pope Eugene IV.
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1458 -
Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of
Hungary.
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1624 -
Alfonso Mendez, appointed by
Pope Gregory XV as
Prelate of
Ethiopia, arrives at
Massawa from
Goa.
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1679 - King
Charles II of England disbands
Parliament.
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1742 -
Charles VII Albert becomes
Holy Roman Emperor.
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1848 -
California gold rush:
James W. Marshall finds
gold at
Sutter's Mill near
Sacramento.
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1908 -
Robert Baden-Powell begins the
Boy Scout movement.
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1916 - In
Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the
Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal
income tax constitutional.
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1918 - A decree of the
Council of People's Commissars, introducing the
Gregorian calendar in
Russia since
February 1, issued.
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1924 -
St. Petersburg,
Russia is renamed
Leningrad.
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1927 - Director
Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film,
The Pleasure Garden, in
England.
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1936 -
Albert Sarraut becomes
Prime Minister of
France*
1943 -
World War II:
Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Winston Churchill conclude a conference in
Casablanca.
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1952 -
Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first
Canadian-born
Governor-General of Canada.
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1966 - An
Air India Boeing 707 jet crashes on
Mont Blanc, on the border between
France and
Italy, killing 117.
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1972 -
Japanese Sgt.
Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a
Guam jungle, where he had been in hiding since
1944, when
U.S. forces liberated the island during
World War II.
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1984 - The first
Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
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1986 -
Voyager 2 passes within 81,500 km (50,680 miles) of
Uranus.
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1986 -
Wapping Dispute. Newspaper workers in London strike against News International and Rupert Murdoch's union-busting tactics. Thanks to Conservative rule in Britain, the law and the use of police force will favor Murdoch, and the strike will fail.
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1993 -
Turkish journalist and writer
UÄŸur Mumcu assassinated by a bomb in his car in
Ankara*
1996 -
Polish Premier Jozef Oleksy resigns amid charges he spied for
Moscow.
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2003 - The
United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
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2006 -
Disney agrees to purchase
Pixar in an all-cash deal, making
Steve Jobs the largest shareholder in Disney.
* 2006 -
UPN and
The WB announced that they will cease operations in September to form
The CW Television Network.
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76 -
Hadrian,
Roman Emperor (d.
138)
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1287 -
Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (d.
1345)
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1444 -
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d.
1476)
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1540 -
Edmund Campion, English Jesuit (d.
1581)
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1638 -
Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (d.
1706)
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1670 -
William Congreve, English playwright (d.
1729)
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1674 -
Thomas Tanner, English bishop and antiquarian (d.
1735)
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1679 -
Christian Wolff, German philosopher (d.
1754)
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1705 -
Farinelli, Italian castrato (d.
1782)
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1712 - King
Frederick II of Prussia (d.
1786)
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1724 -
Frances Brooke, English writer (d.
1789)
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1732 -
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (d.
1799)
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1752 -
Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (d.
1832)
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1754 -
Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (d.
1820)
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1763 -
Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d.
1831)
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1776 -
E.T.A. Hoffmann, German writer, composer, and painter (d.
1822)
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1848 -
Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (d.
1916)
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1862 -
Edith Wharton, American writer (d.
1937)
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1864 -
Marguerite Durand, French journalist and feminist leader (d.
1936)
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1872 -
Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (d.
1943)
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1888 -
Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (d.
1960)
* 1888 -
Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer (d.
1958)
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1891 -
Walter Model, German field marshal (d.
1945)
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1895 -
Eugen Roth, German writer (d.
1976)
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1898 -
Cliff Heathcote, baseball player (d.
1939)
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1902 -
E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (d.
1965)
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1909 -
Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (d.
2005)
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1913 -
Norman Dello Joio, American composer
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1915 -
Robert Motherwell, American painter (d.
1991)
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1916 -
Jack Brickhouse, American sports broadcaster (d.
1998)
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1917 -
Ernest Borgnine, American actor
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1918 -
Oral Roberts, American evangelist
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1922 -
Charles Socarides, M.D.,
psychiatrist and
psychoanalyst (d.
2005)
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1925 -
Maria Tallchief, American ballerina
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1928 -
Desmond Morris, British anthropologist and writer
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1934 -
Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and dramatist (d.
1976)
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1936 -
Doug Kershaw, American musician
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1939 -
Ray Stevens, American musician
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1941 -
Neil Diamond, American singer
* 1941 -
Aaron Neville, American singer
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1943 -
Sharon Tate, American actress (d.
1969)
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1944 -
Klaus Nomi, German singer (d.
1983)
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1946 -
Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor
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1947 -
Warren Zevon, American musician and songwriter (d.
2003)
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1949 -
John Belushi, American actor (d.
1982)
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1950 -
Benjamin Urrutia, American scholar
* 1950 -
Gerald Brisco, Wrestler
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1951 -
Yakov Smirnoff, Russian comedian
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1956 -
Hanne Krogh, Norwegian singer and
Eurovision Song Contest winner (
Bobbysocks)
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1957 -
Adrian Edmondson, British comedian
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1958 -
Jools Holland, British musician
* 1958 -
Neil Allen, Baseball player
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1959 -
Nastassja Kinski, German-born actress
* 1959 -
Vic Reeves, English comedian
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1963 -
Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer
* 1963 -
Martyn Grimley, British hockey player
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1965 -
Mike Awesome, wrestler
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1966 -
Jimeoin, Northern Irish-Australian comedian
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1967 -
John Myung, American musician (
Dream Theater)
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1968 -
Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast
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1970 -
Matthew Lillard, American actor
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1971 -
Cory Bailey, Baseball player
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1975 -
Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer
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1979 -
Tatyana Ali, American actress
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1980 -
Nicole Marie Lenz, American actress
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1981 -
Travis Hanson, American baseball Player
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1986 -
Mischa Barton, English-born American actress
* 1986 -
Ricky Ullman, American actor
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41 -
Caligula,
Emperor of Rome (b.
12)
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772 -
Pope Stephen III (b.
720)
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1125 -
David IV of Georgia (b.
1073)
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1366 -
Alfonso IV of Aragon (b.
1299)
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1376 -
Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader
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1473 -
Conrad Paumann, German composer
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1595 -
Ferdinand II of Austria (b.
1529)
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1626 -
Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b.
1580)
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1639 -
Georg Jenatsch, Swiss politician (b.
1596)
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1666 -
Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer (b.
1588)
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1709 -
George Rooke, English admiral (b.
1650)
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1769 -
François de Chevert, French general (b.
1695)
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1856 -
Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b.
1775)
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1877 -
Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b.
1796)
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1882 -
Levi Boone,
Mayor of Chicago (b.
1808)
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1883 -
Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b.
1812)
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1911 -
David Graham Phillips, American journalist and novelist (b.
1867)
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1920 -
Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b.
1884)
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1924 -
Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b.
1894)
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1932 -
Alfred Yarrow, English shipbuilder (b.
1842)
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1939 -
Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b.
1867)
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1943 -
John Burns, English politician (b.
1858)
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1955 -
Ira Hayes, American World War II hero (b.
1923)
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1960 -
Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b.
1886)
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1961 -
Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American swimmer and inventor (b.
1884)
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1965 -
Winston Churchill,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,
Nobel Prize Laureate (b.
1874)
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1966 -
Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (b.
1909)
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1970 -
Caresse Crosby, American poet (b.
1891)
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1971 -
Bill W., American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b.
1895)
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1973 -
J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b.
1897)
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1975 -
Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (b.
1902)
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1978 -
Herta Oberheuser, Nazi doctor (b.
1911)
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1983 -
George Cukor, American film director (b.
1899)
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1986 -
L. Ron Hubbard, American writer and founder of Scientology (b.
1911)
* 1986 -
Flo Hyman, American volleyball player (b.
1954)
* 1986 -
Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b.
1921)
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1989 -
Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b.
1946)
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1990 -
Madge Bellamy, American actress (b.
1899)
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1991 -
John M. Kelly, Irish politician and academic (b.
1931)
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1992 -
Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (b.
1950)
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1993 -
Thurgood Marshall,
U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b.
1908)
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1998 -
Walter D. Edmonds, American author (b.
1903)
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2000 -
Bobby Duncum, Jr., wrestler (b.
1965)
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2003 -
Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (b.
1921)
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2004 -
Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b.
1913)
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2005 -
June Bronhill, Australian singer (b.
1929)
* 2005 -
Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian writer (b.
1933)
* 2005 -
Chalkie White, English rugby coach (b.
1929)
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2006 -
Chris Penn, American actor (b.
1965)
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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*
Jim Ross Day - State of
Oklahoma*
BBC: On This Day*
NY Times: On this day*
On this day in CanadaSee Also:January 23 -
January 25 -
December 24 -
February 24 â€"
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