What Happened Today in History Enter your email address     What Historical Events Happened On My Birthday? See what happened Today in History Do you want to memorialize special event on a special date on DatesInHistory.com? Add your own Personal Historic listing HERE for free! Tell the world when you were born, engaged, married, .... See what makes January 24 special at Famous Daily. History, birthdays, holiday, and a quote! What happened on January 24 January 24, 0041 "Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. Claudius succeeds his nephew." January 24, 1328 King Edward III of England marries Philippa of Henegouwen January 24, 1438 "The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa." January 24, 1458 Matthias I Corvinus chosen king of Hungary January 24, 1534 Fran‡ois I signs classified treaty with evangelical German monarchy January 24, 1568 Abdij Church in Middelburg destroyed by fire January 24, 1568 "In the Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw" January 24, 1613 Amsterdam merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized January 24, 1616 Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver January 24, 1634 Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor January 24, 1639 Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders January 24, 1644 Battle at Nantwich Cheshire Parliamentary armies win January 24, 1652 Duke of Orl‚ans joins Fronde rebels January 24, 1656 "The first Jewish doctor in US, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland" January 24, 1679 King Charles II disbands English parliament January 24, 1722 Czar Peter the Great begins civil system January 24, 1722 Edward Wigglesworth appointed first US divinity professor (Harvard) January 24, 1742 Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. January 24, 1742 German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor January 24, 1776 "Henry Knox arrives at Cambridge, Massachusetts with the artillery that he has transported from Fort Ticonderoga." January 24, 1826 "Mississippi College is founded in Clinton, becoming the first college in the state of Mississippi." January 24, 1839 Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society January 24, 1847 "1,500 New Mexican Indians & Mexicans defeated by US Colonel Price" January 24, 1848 Gold is discovered in California by James Marshall at Sutters Mill triggering the San Francisco gold rush of '49. January 24, 1848 James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma CA January 24, 1848 "UK hist Gold found at Sutter's Mill, California ? starts the California gold rush" January 24, 1857 The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first full-fledged university in south Asia. January 24, 1859 Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler. January 24, 1861 Arsenal at Augusta GA seized by Confederacy January 24, 1861 Federal troops from Fort Monroe are sent to Fort Pikens January 24, 1862 Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza January 24, 1874 "General J van Swieten conquers Kraton Atjeh, after 1000's die" January 24, 1874 "Mussorgsky's opera ""Boris Godunov,"" premieres in St Petersburg Russia" January 24, 1878 "The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg." January 24, 1885 The CPR telegraph reaches the Pacific from Halifax; now operating from coast to coast. January 24, 1887 Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat Italians. January 24, 1888 Jacob L. Wortman (of Philadelphia) receives a U.S. patent for the typewriter ribbon. January 24, 1892 "Battle at Mengo, Uganda French missionaries attack British missionaries" January 24, 1899 Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan January 24, 1900 "Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army)" January 24, 1900 "Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, formed in England" January 24, 1900 UK hist Spion Kop reached by British; massive losses by Lancashire Regimant January 24, 1901 Emily Hobhouse views Lord Kitchener's concentration camp at Bloemfontein January 24, 1902 Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA January 24, 1907 Robert Baden-Powell begins the Boy Scout movement. January 24, 1908 General Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts January 24, 1908 Robert Baden-Powell organizes the first Boy Scout troop in England. January 24, 1913 "Franz Kafka stops working on ""Amerika""; it will never be finished" January 24, 1915 German-British sea battle at Doggersbank & Helgoland January 24, 1916 "In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional." January 24, 1917 "Ernest Borgnine Academy Award-winning actor: Marty [1955], The Poseidon Adventure, The Dirty Dozen, McHale?s Navy was born" January 24, 1918 Oral Roberts evangelist: founder: Oral Roberts University was born January 24, 1918 The Gregorian calendar introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective from February 14(NS) January 24, 1922 "-54§F (-48§C), Danbury WI (state record)" January 24, 1922 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo) January 24, 1922 Lehman Caves National Monument established January 24, 1923 "Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico established" January 24, 1924 Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union January 24, 1924 "Petrograd, formerly St. Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad." January 24, 1924 Russian city of St Petersburg renamed Leningrad January 24, 1924 The Russian city of St. Petersburg is renamed Leningrad to honor the late revolutionary leader. It was later renamed back to St. Petersburg. January 24, 1925 Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island January 24, 1925 Sandler follows Branting as premier of Sweden January 24, 1927 "Director Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film, The Pleasure Garden, in England." January 24, 1930 "J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut, New Zealand vs England, Wellington" January 24, 1930 Stewie Dempster scores New Zealand's first Test century January 24, 1935 "The first canned beer, ""Krueger Cream Ale,"" is sold by Kruger Brewing Co in Richmond VA" January 24, 1936 Albert Sarraut becomes Prime Minister of France January 24, 1936 "Benny Goodman & orchestra record ""Stompin' at the Savoy"" on Victor Records" January 24, 1939 "30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile" January 24, 1939 Spanish government moves to Figueras January 24, 1940 "The Naval Secretary notifies Secretary of War Henry Stimson, ""Hostilities would be initiated by a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.""" January 24, 1941 British troops march into Abyssinia January 24, 1942 "Battle of Makassar Strait, destroyer attack on Japanese convoy in first surface action in the Pacific during World War II" January 24, 1942 In Ottawa Wartime Prices and Trade Board rations sugar to 3/4 lb per person per week; cut to 1/2 lb January 24, 1943 Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death January 24, 1943 Jewish patients/nurses/doctors incinerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau January 24, 1944 Allied troops occupy Nettuno Italy January 24, 1945 Scottish 52nd Lowland division occupies Heinsberg January 24, 1946 "Canada is appointed to the UN Atomic Energy Commission, set up to control and promote the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes" January 24, 1948 "Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*)" January 24, 1948 Dutch Liberal Party forms-People's party for Freedom & Democracy (VVD) January 24, 1948 "In the Philippine Islands a 8.2 earthquake occurred near the southwest coast of Panay. Over $3.5 million property damage was sustained in the islands, and 72 people were killed." January 24, 1949 "John (Adam) Belushicomedian: Second City improvisational troupe, original cast: Saturday Night Live was born" January 24, 1950 "Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history" January 24, 1951 Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns January 24, 1952 Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base January 24, 1952 "Vincent Massey 1887-1967 sworn in as Governor General; first Canadian-born; serves from February 28, 1952 to September 15, 1959." January 24, 1956 "96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record)" January 24, 1960 Algeria uprises against French President De Gaulle January 24, 1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany January 24, 1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles January 24, 1962 Jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame January 24, 1963 Number one hit on UK music charts - The Shadows - Dance On January 24, 1964 24th Amendment to US Constitution goes into effect & states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes January 24, 1964 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking January 24, 1965 British statesman Winston Churchill dies in London at age 90. January 24, 1966 "An Air India Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mont Blanc, on the border between France and Italy, killing 117." January 24, 1968 Number one hit on UK music charts - Georgie Fame - The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde January 24, 1969 Queen Juliana appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa January 24, 1969 Spanish General Franco announces state of emergency January 24, 1970 3rd ABA All-Star Game West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana January 24, 1971 "Panarctic Oils caps a natural gas well on King Christian Island,NWT that had burned out of control for 3 months" January 24, 1972 "Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II." January 24, 1973 "Canada joins the International Commission for Control and Supervision in Vietnam for 60-day period; ICCS a truce-observance commission; with Hungary, Poland, Indonesia." January 24, 1973 Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame January 24, 1975 "Fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England" January 24, 1976 George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest January 24, 1977 5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid January 24, 1977 "Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy." January 24, 1978 "A nuclear-powered Soviet satellite disintegrates as it falls into the atmosphere, spreading radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada." January 24, 1978 "Nuclear-powered USSR satellite Cosmos 954 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrates over the Northwest Territories, scattering radioactive debris over the barrens east of Great Slave Lake; Canadian Armed Forces launches operation to recover debris; USSR later pays Canada $3 million under a UN treaty covering costs of cleanup." January 24, 1978 Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted prisoners to marry in prison in the history of the Republic of Ireland. January 24, 1978 "Soviet satellite Cosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories." January 24, 1980 "North of Livermore Valley, California s 5.9, earthquake injured 44 people and caused and estimated $11.5 million in property damage (of which, $10 million damage occurred at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory at Livermore" January 24, 1981 Kim Hughes scores 213 vs India at Adelaide January 24, 1983 Hulk Hogan pins the Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title January 24, 1983 "Oaxaca, Mexico a 7.0 earthquake occured. Damage in the Juchitan area and slight damage in the Mexico City area. Felt strongly in southeastern Mexico." January 24, 1984 ABC network agrees to pay $386 million for US TV rights to the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics; a record sum to that date; CTV will handle the Canadian feed. January 24, 1984 Apple Computer Inc unveils its Macintosh personal computer January 24, 1984 The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale. January 24, 1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched January 24, 1985 "Penny Harrington is sworn in as the first woman police chief of a major American city (Portland, OR)." January 24, 1986 "43rd Golden Globes Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win" January 24, 1986 South Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president January 24, 1986 "The NASA space probe Voyager Two passes within 50,679 miles of Uranus." January 24, 1986 "Voyager 2 makes first fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons" January 24, 1986 Wapping dispute. Newspaper workers in London launch ultimately unsuccessful strike against Rupert Murdoch's News International. January 24, 1987 61st Australian Women's Tennis H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76) January 24, 1987 Number one hit on UK music charts - Steve 'Silk' Hurley - Jack Your Body January 24, 1988 "Ben Johnson named the Associated Press (AP) male athlete of the year, the first Canadian track athlete so honoured" January 24, 1988 First WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins January 24, 1989 Serial killer Ted Bundy is put to death in Florida's electric chair. January 24, 1989 The first reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex January 24, 1990 Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon January 24, 1993 "14th annual star-athon $24,000,000" January 24, 1993 "Former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall dies in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 84." January 24, 1993 "Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed" January 24, 1993 Soyuz TM-16 launches January 24, 1993 Turkish journalist and writer Uur Mumcu assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara January 24, 1996 Polish Premier Jozef Oleksy resigns amid charges he spied for Moscow.   Visitors' Postings January 24, 1961 Visitor posting - Neil Murphy birth date - United Kingdom January 24, 1964 Visitor posting - Melody Southcombe born - Canada January 24, 1966 "Visitor posting - David M. Wyers of Ravenna, Oh. was born! - USA" January 24, 1967 Visitor posting - erika paganini born - United Kingdom January 24, 1973 Visitor posting - Craig Campeau was born today in Michigan. January 24, 1975 "Visitor posting - Debra Marie Fournier was born at 11:57 pm, Rhode Island. - USA" January 24, 1976 Visitor posting - ARCELIA AYON born. MY PET IS A DOG NAMED PINKY - USA BELTRAN_CHELA@YAHOO.COM January 24, 1994 Visitor posting - Eric Xavier Olson born at MAMC in Tacoma WA - USA January 24, 1994 Visitor posting - Tracy Velloso was born :) - USA January 24, 1995 "Visitor posting - AnnaLee Anderson born in Moses Lake, WA - USA" January 24, 1995 Visitor posting - Catherine Miller was born at 5:43 A.M. in Dayton Ohio - USA January 24, 1995 Visitor posting - Spencer Zlock was born 7:57am - USA January 24, 1996 Visitor posting - Emily Coner was born - USA January 24, 1996 Visitor posting - Emma Sweeney was born - United Kingdom January 24, 1996 Visitor posting - Matt Wood was born in a hovel. - United Kingdom January 24, 1997 Visitor posting - Alexander D. Schmidt born. Pets - My dog's name is Echo - USA January 24, 1997 Visitor posting - Monae Lyseight was born - USA January 24, 2008 Visitor posting - Louie Fessler was born Add your own Personal Historic listing FREE! - Click Here © DatesInHistory.com | Privacy