January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 341 days remaining (342 in leap years ).
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 .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 .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 1171972 - 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 )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 )1776 - E.T.A. Hoffmann , poet, composer, and painter (d. 1822 )1862 - Edith Wharton , writer (d. 1937 )1888 - Vicki Baum , writer (d. 1960 )1888 - Ernst Heinkel , aircraft designer (d. 1958 )1895 - Eugen Roth , lyricist and narrator (d. 1976 )1915 - Robert Motherwell , American painter (d. 1991 )1916 - Jack Brickhouse , American sports broadcaster (d. 1998 )1917 - Ernest Borgnine , actor1918 - Oral Roberts , evangelist1925 - Maria Tallchief , prima ballerina 1928 - Desmond Morris , anthropologist , writer1934 - Stanisław Grochowiak , Polish poet and dramatist (d. 1976 )1936 - Doug Kershaw , musician1939 - Ray Stevens , country music musician1941 - Aaron Neville , American singer1943 - Sharon Tate , actress (d. 1969 )1941 - Neil Diamond , singer1946 - Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor1947 - Warren Zevon , American musician-songwriter (d. 2003 )1949 - John Belushi , actor (d. 1982 )1951 - Yakov Smirnoff , Russian comedian1958 - Jools Holland , musician1959 - Nastassja Kinski , actress1968 - Mary Lou Retton , gymnast1970 - Matthew Lillard , American actor1979 - Tatyana Ali , actress1986 - Ricky Ullman , actor1986 - Mischa Barton , British-American actress
Deaths 41 - Caligula , Emperor of Rome (AD 37 -41 ) (assassinated by his own guards) (b. AD 12 )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 , 19th century Hasidic leader. (b. 1775 )1882 - Levi Boone , mayor of Chicago, IL (b. 1808 )1920 - Amedeo Modigliani , painter, 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 , a Native American hero of World War II 's Battle of Iwo Jima . (b. 1923 )1960 - Edwin Fischer , pianist and conductor (b. 1886 )1961 - Alfred Carlton Gilbert , gold medal winner at 1908 Summer Olympics , inventor of Erector Set (b. 1884 )1965 - Winston Churchill , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1874 )1971 - Bill W. , co-founder Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895 )1973 - J. Carrol Naish , actor (b. 1897 )1975 - Larry Fine , actor, comedian; member of the Three Stooges (b. 1902 )1983 - George Cukor , American film director1986 - L. Ron Hubbard , science fiction writer, 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 (electrocuted ) (b. 1946 )1993 - Thurgood Marshall , United States Supreme Court justice (b. 1908 )1998 - Walter D. Edmonds , American author2003 - Gianni Agnelli , Fiat president (b. 1921 )
Holidays and observances See Also:
January 23 - January 25 - December 24 - February 24 -- listing of all days
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BBC NEWS | UK | 'I don't like Monday 24 January' (1292 words)
January has been long regarded as the darkest of months, but a formula from a part-time tutor at Cardiff University shows it gets even worse this Monday. We're lucky in Scotland to have Burns' Night on January 25th, which is a great excuse to get together with friends, eat far too much (it doesn't have to be haggis, if you don't like it!) and have a few drinks. At least the 24th of January is a month after the winter solstice.
January 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3604 words)
In Bourake, Côte d'Ivoire, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin met with political leaders of the Patriotic Movement of the Ivory Coast, who agreed to participate in negotiations to be held in Paris, France, the week of January 15, 2003 . However, two independent rebel groups in the west of the country, assisted by fighters from Liberia, have seized villages and the cocoa crops inside those villages, forcing residents to flee to the port of San Pédro with no possessions. Tom Ridge is unanimously recommended by a United States Senate subcommittee to be confirmed by the full Senate as head of the new United States Department of Homeland Security which is scheduled to begin operation on January 24.
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