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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 .
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 constitutional.
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 orn 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 )
1287 - Richard Aungerville , English bishop and writer (d. 1345 )
1444 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza , Duke of Milan (d. 1476 )
1540 - Edmund Campion , English Jesuit (d. 1581 )
1638 - Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset , English poet and courtier (d. 1706 )
1670 - William Congreve , English playwright (d. 1729 )
1674 - Thomas Tanner , English bishop and antiquarian (d. 1735 )
1679 - Christian Wolff , German philosopher (d. 1754 )
1705 - Farinelli , Italian castrato (d. 1782 )
1712 - King Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1786 )
1732 - Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais , French playwright (d. 1799 )
1752 - Muzio Clementi , Italian composer (d. 1832 )
1776 - E.T.A. Hoffmann , German writer, composer, and painter (d. 1822 )
1862 - h Wharton , American writer (d. 1937 )
1888 - Vicki Baum , Austrian writer (d. 1960 )
1888 - Ernst Heinkel , German aircraft designer (d. 1958 )
1895 - Eugen Roth , German writer (d. 1976 )
1902 - E. A. Speiser , American Bible scholar (d. 1965 )
1909 - Martin Lings , English 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 , American ballerina
1928 - Desmond Morris , British anthropologist and writer
1934 - Stanisław Grochowiak , Polish poet and dramatist (d. 1976 )
1936 - Doug Kershaw , American musician
1939 - Ray Stevens , American musician
1941 - Aaron Neville , American singer
1941 - Neil Diamond , American singer
1943 - Sharon Tate , American actress (d. 1969 )
1944 - Klaus Nomi , German singer (d. 1983 )
1946 - Michael Ontkean , Canadian actor
1947 - Warren Zevon , American musician and songwriter (d. 2003 )
1949 - John Belushi , American actor (d. 1982 )
1951 - Yakov Smirnoff , Russian comedian
1958 - Jools Holland , British musician
1959 - Nastassja Kinski , German-born actress
1959 - Vic Reeves , English comedian
1968 - Mary Lou Retton , American gymnast
1970 - Matthew Lillard , American actor
1979 - Tatyana Ali , American actress
1986 - Ricky Ullman , American actor
1986 - Mischa Barton , English-born actress
Deaths
41 - Caligula , Emperor of Rome (assassinated) (b. 12 )
772 - Pope Stephen IV (b. 720 )
1125 - King David IV of Georgia (b. 1073 )
1366 - King Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299 )
1376 - Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel , English military leader
1473 - Conrad Paumann , German composer
1595 - Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria (b. 1529 )
1626 - Samuel Argall , English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580 )
1639 - Georg Jenatsch , Swiss politician (b. 1596 )
1666 - Johann Andreas Herbst , German composer (b. 1588 )
1709 - George Rooke , English admiral (b. 1650 )
1856 - Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir , Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775 )
1877 - Johann Christian Poggendorff , German physicist (b. 1796 )
1882 - Levi Boone , Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808 )
1883 - Friedrich von Flotow , German composer (b. 1812 )
1920 - Amedeo Modigliani , Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884 )
1924 - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1894 )
1932 - Sir Alfred Yarrow , English shipbuilder (b. 1842 )
1939 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner , Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. 1867 )
1943 - John Burns , English politician (b. 1858 )
1955 - Ira Hayes , American World War II hero (b. 1923 )
1960 - Edwin Fischer , Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886 )
1961 - Alfred Carlton Gilbert , American swimmer and inventor (b. 1884 )
1965 - Winston Churchill , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1874 )
1971 - Bill W. , American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895 )
1973 - J. Carrol Naish , American actor (b. 1897 )
1975 - Larry Fine , American actor and comedian (b. 1902 )
1983 - George Cukor , American film director (b. 1899 )
1986 - L. Ron Hubbard , American writer and founder of Scientology (b. 1911 )
1986 - Gordon MacRae , American actor and singer (b. 1921 )
1986 - Vincente Minnelli , American film director (b. 1903 )
1986 - Flo Hyman , American volleyball player (b. 1954 )
1989 - Ted Bundy , American serial killer (executed) (b. 1946 )
1990 - Madge Bellamy , American actress (b. 1899 )
1993 - Thurgood Marshall , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1908 )
1998 - Walter D. Edmonds , American author (b. 1903 )
2003 - Gianni Agnelli , Italian auto executive (b. 1921 )
2004 - Leônidas da Silva , Brazilian footballer (b. 1913 )
2005 - June Bronhill , Australian singer (b. 1929 )
2005 - Vladimir Savchenko , Ukrainian writer (b. 1933 )
2005 - Chalkie White , English rugby coach (b. 1929 )
Holidays and observances
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January 23 - January 25 - December 24 - February 24 -- listing of all days
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