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
• 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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