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January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 341 days remaining until the end of the year (342 in leap years).
[edit] Events
- 41 – Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor
- 1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.
- 1679 – King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
- 1742 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1817 – Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras were captured during the Action of Picheuta.
- 1835 – Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
- 1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
- 1857 – The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully-fledged university in south Asia.
- 1859 – Political and state union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as Domnitor in bouth Principalities.
- 1862 – Bucharest is proclaimed capital of Romania.
- 1878 – The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
- 1900 – Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
- 1908 – The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
- 1911 – Japanese anarchist Shūsui Kōtoku is hanged for treason in a case now considered a miscarriage of justice.
- 1916 – In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
- 1918 – The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14(NS)
- 1939 – The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán.
- 1942 – World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
- 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
- 1946 – The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
- 1947 – Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
- 1960 – Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
- 1961 – 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
- 1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
- 1977 – Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy.
- 1978 – Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor onboard, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
- 1984 – The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
- 1986 – Voyager 2 passes within 81,500 kilometres (50,600 mi) of Uranus.
- 1990 – Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
- 1993 – Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
- 1996 – Polish Premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.
- 2003 – The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
- 2009 – The storm Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
- 2011 – At least 35 died and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.
[edit] Births
- 3 BC – Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
- 76 – Hadrian, Roman Emperor (d. 138)
- 1287 – Richard Aungerville, English bishop (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 (d. 1706)
- 1670 – William Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729)
- 1674 – Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)
- 1679 – Christian Wolff, German philosopher (d. 1754)
- 1705 – Farinelli, Italian castrato (d. 1782)
- 1709 – Dom Bédos de Celles, Benedictine monk best known for being a master pipe organ builder (d. 1779)
- 1712 – King Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1786)
- 1724 – Frances Brooke, English writer (d. 1789)
- 1732 – Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (d. 1799)
- 1742 – Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn (d. 1808)
- 1746 – King Gustav III of Sweden (d. 1792)
- 1752 – Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (d. 1832)
- 1754 – Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (d. 1820)
- 1763 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831)
- 1776 – E.T.A. Hoffmann, German writer (d. 1822)
- 1779 – Tsarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (d. 1826)
- 1848 – Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (d. 1916)
- 1862 – Edith Wharton, American writer (d. 1937)
- 1864 – Marguerite Durand, French suffragette (d. 1936)
- 1872 – Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (d. 1943)
- 1872 – Ethel Turner, Australian author (d. 1958)
- 1886 – Henry King, American film director (d. 1982)
- 1888 – Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (d. 1960)
- 1888 – Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer (d. 1958)
- 1891 – Walter Model, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1895 – Eugen Roth, German writer (d. 1976)
- 1898 – Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (d. 1939)
- 1900 – Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-born American geneticist and biologist (d. 1975)
- 1901 – Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d. 1995)
- 1901 – Edward Turner, English motorcycle designer (d. 1973)
- 1902 – E. A. Speiser, American biblical scholar (d. 1965)
- 1905 – J. Howard Marshall, American billionaire (d. 1995)
- 1907 – Maurice Couve de Murville, French politician (d. 1999)
- 1907 – Tuts Washington, American R&B pianist(d. 1984)
- 1909 – Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (d. 2005)
- 1909 – Ann Todd, English actress (d. 1993)
- 1910 – Doris Haddock, American political activist (d. 2010)
- 1911 – Muir Mathieson, Scottish conductor and composer (d. 1975)
- 1913 – Norman Dello Joio, American composer (d. 2008)
- 1915 – Robert Motherwell, American painter (d. 1991)
- 1916 – Jack Brickhouse, American sports broadcaster (d. 1998)
- 1916 – Rafael Caldera, President of Venezuela (d. 2009)
- 1916 – Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor
- 1917 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor
- 1918 – Oral Roberts, American evangelist (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Coleman Francis, American film director (d. 1973)
- 1920 – Jerry Maren, American actor
- 1922 – Charles Socarides, American psychiatrist (d. 2005)
- 1923 – Vlado Kristl, Croatian painter and filmmaker (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Joe Albany, American jazz pianist
- 1925 – Maria Tallchief, American ballerina
- 1926 – Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter
- 1927 – Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, British aristocrat (d. 2007)
- 1928 – Desmond Morris, British anthropologist
- 1928 – Michel Serrault, French actor (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Bernard Matthews, British poultry industry figure (d. 2010)
- 1934 – Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet (d. 1976)
- 1934 – Ann Cole, American gospel and R&B singer
- 1935 – Eric Ashton, English rugby league footballer (d. 2008)
- 1936 – William Bogert, American actor
- 1936 – Doug Kershaw, American musician
- 1936 – Bobby Wellins, Scottish jazz saxophonist
- 1939 – Ray Stevens, American musician
- 1941 – Neil Diamond, American singer
- 1941 – Aaron Neville, American singer
- 1942 – Gary Hart, American professional wrestling figure (d. 2008)
- 1943 – Subhash Ghai, Indian film director
- 1943 – Peter Struck, German politician
- 1943 – Sharon Tate, American actress and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
- 1944 – Klaus Nomi, German singer (d. 1983)
- 1945 – D. Todd Christofferson, American religious figure
- 1945 – John Garamendi, American politician
- 1946 – Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor
- 1946 – Haji, Canadian actress
- 1947 – Michio Kaku, Japanese-born American theoretical physicist
- 1947 – Masashi Ozaki, Japanese golfer
- 1947 – Warren Zevon, American musician (d. 2003)
- 1948 – Michael Des Barres, British actor and rock singer
- 1949 – John Belushi, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1950 – Daniel Auteuil, French actor
- 1950 – Gennifer Flowers, American actress, political figure
- 1950 – Benjamin Urrutia, Ecuadorian-born American writer
- 1951 – Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-born American comedian
- 1953 – Tim Stoddard, American baseball player
- 1954 – Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (d. 1986)
- 1955 – Jim Montgomery, American swimmer
- 1956 – Hanne Krogh, Norwegian singer (Bobbysocks)
- 1956 – Lounès Matoub, Algerian Berber Kabyle singer (d. 1998)
- 1957 – Mark Eaton, American basketball player
- 1957 – Adrian Edmondson, English comedian
- 1958 – Neil Allen, American baseball player
- 1958 – Jools Holland, English musician
- 1959 – David Mills, American author
- 1959 – Vic Reeves, English comedian
- 1960 – Rick Leventhal, American journalist
- 1960 – Jack Neo, Singaporean filmmaker & actor
- 1961 – Guido Buchwald, German football player
- 1961 – Nastassja Kinski, German-born actress
- 1961 – Vince Russo, American writer
- 1961 – William Van Dijck, Belgian athlete
- 1962 – Argiris Kambouris, Greek basketball player
- 1963 – Martyn Grimley, English field hockey player
- 1963 – Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer
- 1965 – Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
- 1965 – Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian film director
- 1965 – Pagonis Vakalopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1966 – Jimeoin, Northern Irish comedian
- 1967 – Mark Kozelek, American singer/songwriter (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon)
- 1967 – Phil LaMarr, American actor,comedian,and voice actor
- 1967 – John Myung, American musician (Dream Theater)
- 1968 – Michael Kiske, German musician
- 1968 – Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast
- 1969 – Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Icelandic actor
- 1970 – Matthew Lillard, American actor
- 1971 – Cory Bailey, American baseball player
- 1971 – Andrea Mackris, American television producer
- 1972 – Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese composer
- 1972 – Daan Schuurmans, Dutch actor
- 1972 – Ulla Werbrouck, Belgian judoka and politician
- 1974 – Adam Dean, American philosopher
- 1974 – Ed Helms, American actor
- 1975 – Isobel Cooper, English singer
- 1975 – Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1976 – Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer
- 1976 – Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
- 1977 – Kensuke Kita, Japanese guitarist (Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
- 1979 – Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
- 1979 – Leandro Desábato, Argentine footballer
- 1979 – Tom Kostopoulos, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 – Rocky Boiman, American football player
- 1980 – Nicole Marie Lenz, American actress
- 1980 – Yamandu Costa, Brazilian guitarist and composer
- 1981 – Travis Hanson, American baseball player
- 1981 – Michael Wolf, German ice hockey player
- 1982 – Fiona Xie, Singaporean actress
- 1983 – Diane Birch, American singer/songwriter/pianist
- 1983 – Wyatt Crockett, New Zealand rugby player
- 1983 – Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer
- 1983 – Scott Speed, American race car driver
- 1984 – Scott Kazmir, American baseball player
- 1984 – Witold Kiełtyka, Polish drummer (Decapitated) (d. 2007)
- 1984 – Paulo Sérgio, Portuguese footballer
- 1986 – Vieirinha, Portuguese footballer, currently plays for Wolfsburg
- 1986 – Mischa Barton, English-born American actress
- 1986 – Raviv Ullman, Israeli-born American actor
- 1987 – Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
- 1988 – Jade Ewen, English singer
- 1989 – Calvin Goldspink, English singer/actor (S Club 8, S Club Juniors, I Dream)
- 1989 – Samba Diakité,
- 1990 – Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1995 – Callan McAuliffe, Australian actor
- 1997 – Dylan Riley Snyder, American film, television and theatre actor
[edit] Deaths
- 41 – Caligula, Emperor of Rome (b. 12)
- 772 – Pope Stephen III (b. 720)
- 1002 – Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)
- 1125 – David IV of Georgia (b. 1073)
- 1366 – Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)
- 1376 – Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader
- 1473 – Conrad Paumann, German composer
- 1595 – 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)
- 1769 – François de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)
- 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)
- 1895 – Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)
- 1911 – David Graham Phillips, American journalist and novelist (b. 1867)
- 1918 – George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871)
- 1920 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
- 1924 – Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1894)
- 1932 – Alfred Yarrow, English shipbuilder (b. 1842)
- 1936 – Harry T. Morey, American actor (b. 1873)
- 1939 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. 1867)
- 1943 – John Burns, English politician (b. 1858)
- 1948 – Maria Mandel, Camp Leader at Auschwitz (b. 1912)
- 1955 – Ira Hayes, American World War II hero (b. 1923)
- 1960 – Arthur Murray Chisholm, author of Western fiction (b. 1872)
- 1960 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
- 1961 – Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and inventor (b. 1884)
- 1962 – André Lhote, French painter (b. 1885)
- 1962 – Stanley Lord, captain of the SS Californian the night of the Titanic disaster (b. 1877)
- 1965 – Winston Churchill, soldier, politician, historian, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Nobel laureate (b. 1874)
- 1966 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (b. 1909)
- 1970 – Caresse Crosby, American poet (b. 1891)
- 1971 – William Griffith "Bill" Wilson, American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
- 1973 – J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1897)
- 1973 – Masao Ohba, world champion Japanese boxer (b. 1949)
- 1975 – Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (b. 1902)
- 1978 – Herta Oberheuser, German doctor (b. 1911)
- 1980 – Lil Dagover, Dutch-born German actress (b. 1887)
- 1982 – Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian president and dictator (b. 1918)
- 1983 – George Cukor, American film director (b. 1899)
- 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)
- 1988 – Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (b. 1905)
- 1989 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)
- 1989 – George Knudson, Canadian golfer (b. 1937)
- 1990 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1991 – John M. Kelly, Irish politician and academic (b. 1931)
- 1992 – Ken Darby, American composer, arranger and conductor (b. 1909)
- 1992 – Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (b. 1950)
- 1993 – Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1908)
- 1993 – Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (b. 1942)
- 1994 – Yves Navarre, French writer (b. 1940)
- 1998 – Walter D. Edmonds, American author (b. 1903)
- 2000 – Bobby Duncum, Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
- 2002 – Peter Gzowski, Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter (b. 1934)
- 2002 – Elie Hobeika, Lebanese Forces militia commander (b. 1956)
- 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 union coach (b. 1929)
- 2006 – Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
- 2006 – Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers (b. 1914)
- 2006 – Chris Penn, American actor (b. 1965)
- 2007 – Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
- 2007 – Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian politician (b. 1956)
- 2007 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World's oldest military veteran (b. 1891)
- 2008 – Randy Salerno, co-anchor of Chicago's CBS 2 News (b. 1963)
- 2009 – Gérard Blanc, French singer (b. 1947)
- 2009 – Reg Gutteridge, British boxing journalist (b. 1924)
- 2009 – Kay Yow, North Carolina State Univ. women's basketball head coach (b. 1942)
- 2010 – Pernell Roberts, American actor & singer, last surviving star of Bonanza (b. 1928)
- 2011 – Bernd Eichinger, German film producer and director (b. 1949)
- 2011 – Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian Musician, Bharat Ratna Laureate (b. 1922)
- 2011 – Gerardo Ortega, Filipino Journalist and Environmentalist (b. 1963)
- 2012 – James Farentino, American actor (b. 1938)
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