January 24

January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are
341 days remaining (342 in leap years).

Events

   * 1458 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary
   * 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
   * 1859 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza
     under the name Romania (see December 1, 1918 for the final unification,
     Transylvania and other regions were still missing at this time)
   * 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
   * 1922 - Christian K. Nelson patents the Eskimo Pie.
   * 1924 - St. Petersburg, Russia is renamed Leningrad
   * 1943 - World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
     conclude a conference in Casablanca.
   * 1952 - Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of
     Canada
   * 1962 - Brian Epstein signs to manage The Beatles
   * 1972 - Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese soldier, is discovered on Guam
   * 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
   * 2003 - The new United States Department of Homeland Security officially
     begins operation.

Births

   * 76 - Hadrian, Roman emperor (+ 138)
   * 1712 - King Frederick II of Prussia (+ 1786)
   * 1776 - E.T.A. Hoffmann, poet, composer, and painter (+ 1822)
   * 1862 - Edith Wharton, writer (+ 1937)
   * 1888 - Vicki Baum, writer (+ 1960)
   * 1888 - Ernst Heinkel, aircraft designer (+ 1958)
   * 1895 - Eugen Roth, lyricist and narrator (+ 1976)
   * 1917 - Ernest Borgnine, actor
   * 1918 - Oral Roberts, evangelist
   * 1925 - Maria Tallchief, prima ballerina
   * 1928 - Desmond Morris, anthropologist, writer
   * 1939 - Doug Kershaw, musician
   * 1939 - Ray Stevens, country music musician
   * 1943 - Sharon Tate, actress (+ 1969)
   * 1944 - Neil Diamond, singer
   * 1946 - Michael Ontkean, actor
   * 1947 - Warren Zevon, musician
   * 1949 - John Belushi, actor (+ 1982)
   * 1960 - Nastassja Kinski, actress
   * 1968 - Mary Lou Retton, gymnast
   * 1958 - Jools Holland, musician
   * 1979 - Tatyana Ali, actress

Deaths

   * 1366 - King Alfonso IV of Aragon
   * 1920 - Amedeo Modigliani, painter, sculptor
   * 1939 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and Muesli inventor
   * 1960 - Edwin Fischer, pianist and conductor
   * 1965 - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
   * 1973 - J. Carrol Naish, actor
   * 1975 - Larry Fine, actor (The Three Stooges)
   * 1986 - L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer, founder of Scientology
   * 1986 - Gordon MacRae, actor, singer
   * 1986 - Vincente Minnelli, director
   * 1989 - Ted Bundy, serial killer (electrocuted)
   * 1993 - Thurgood Marshall, United States Supreme Court justice
   * 2003 - Gianni Agnelli, Fiat president

Holidays and observances

   * Roman Empire - first day of the Sementivae in honor of Ceres and Terra
   * Catholicism - Feast day of St. Francis de Sales.

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