January 24

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on January 24. From 1900 until now. January 24 is under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Sharon Tate (1943), Mischa Barton (1986) and Nastassja Kinski (1961). Several movies were released around January 24 over the years, such as The Usual Suspects in 1995 directed by Bryan Singer and The Grapes of Wrath in 1940 directed by John Ford.
But much more happened on January 24 over the years: find out below

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Jim Ross Day - State of Oklahoma
Roman Catholic Church - Feasts of St. Francis de Sales and Our Lady of Peace
Roman Empire - first day of the Sementivae in honor of Ceres and Terra

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2019 The city of Adelaide, South Australia, reaches its highest maximum temperature since 1939, reaching 46.6 °C (115.9 °F) at around 3:36pm local time. This is the highest recorded temperature in any Australian state capital. The high temperatures have proven fatal for significant numbers of local animals. (BBC)
2018 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): 2018 Save The Children Jalalabad attack: Attackers detonate explosives before storming the offices of the Save the Children charity in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. (BBC)
2017 89th Academy Awards: Nominations for the 2017 Academy Awards are announced, with La La Land, Moonlight and Hidden Figures among the favorites. (Los Angeles Times)
2016 Syrian Civil War: The Syrian Army takes control of the strategic Turkmen town of Rabia in Syria's Latakia Governorate. The town had been under rebel control since 2012. (AFP via Global Post)
2015 War in Donbass:: A rocket attack on an open-air market in Mariupol, Ukraine, leaves at least 27 people killed and more than 90 injured. The pro-Russian rebel leader, Alexander Zakharchenko, announces an offensive on Mariupol. (AP via ABC News) (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
2014 Post-coup unrest in Egypt:: Three bombs explode in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, killing about five people. (BBC)
2013 Insurgency in the North Caucasus:: Russian police announces that 13 rebels, including Khuseyn Gakayev and his brother, are killed in fighting in the Vedeno District, Chechnya. (Reuters)
2012 2011–2012 Syrian uprising: 52 civilians are killed by Syrian security forces, 39 of which were killed in the city of Hama alone. (Naharnet)
2011 At least 35 died and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.
2010 Aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake:
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.
2008 Australia's longest running magazine, ''The Bulletin'', is closing down after almost 130 years of publishing. (ABC News Australia)
2007 In Giles County, Virginian, USA a meteor sighting if followed by a thundering tremor.
2006 A US federal judge issues a summary judgement against Christopher William Smith and awards AOL US$5.3 million in damages and US$287,000 in legal fees, after Smith refused to participate in the lawsuit filed against him by AOL under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Smith is accused of sending millions of spam e-mails to AOL customers. (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
2005 Conflict in Iraq: A suicide car bomb is detonated near interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's Iraqi National Accord party office. Officials say Allawi was not in the area at the time and that seven policemen and three civilians were wounded. U.S. military officials confirm the death of one soldier in Mosul and state four of Iraq's 18 provinces, a quarter of the total population and predominantly Sunni, will be unsafe to vote in Sunday's elections. (Reuters)
2004 At 05:05 UTC, NASA's MER-B (Opportunity) rover lands on Mars.
2003 The new United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
2002 Enron hearings begin.
2001 The last two of the ampquotTexas 7ampquot are taken into custody in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1996 Polish Premier Jozef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.
1995 Opening statements in the O. J. Simpson murder case trial in Los Angeles.
1994 Dow Jones closes above 3,900 for first time (3,914.48).
1993 14th annual star-athon $24,000,000
1991 Les Miserables, opens at Theatre St. Denis, Montreal
1990 Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon.
1989 1st reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex
1988 9th ACE Cable Awards
1987 61st Australian Women's Tennis: H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (7-5, 7-6).
1986 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons
1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched.
1984 Apple Computer introduces the Apple Macintosh computer. It features 7.83 MHz 32-bit Motorola 68000 processor, built-in 9-inch 512x342 graphics monochrome monitor, 3.5-inch diskette drive, and 128 kB RAM. Price is $2500, well above the original $1000 target.
1983 George Cukor, American film director, dies of stroke and heart attack at age 83 (born 1899).
1982 Super Bowl XVI at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan: San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals, 26-21; Most Valuable Player: Joe Montana, Quarterback.
1981 Kim Hughes scores 213 versus India at Adelaide.
1980 The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad is ordered to be liquidated due to bankruptcy.
1979 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1978 Carter Executive Order on Intelligence (# 12036)
1977 Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy.
1976 Cleveland Cavaliers' biggest margin victory-43 points (beat Milwaukee Bucks 132-89).
1975 Hot l Baltimore situation comedy premieres on ABC TV
1973 Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1972 WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
1971 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-6 (first Pro Bowl after NFL-AFL merger).
1970 Valeri Muratov skates world record 500m (38.99 seconds).
1969 Queen Juliana is appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa.
1966 WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking
1963 Buddy Rogers and Lou Thesz wrestle in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Rogers becomes WWF wrestling champion and Thesz becomes NWA champ.
1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles
1961 Lazard Brothers Ltd draw a check for US$334,867,807.68.
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.
1959 Party with Comden & Green closes at John Golden NYC after 38 performances
1956 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record)
1954 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter.
1952 Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base.
1951 Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns.
1950 Jackie Robinson signs highest contract (US$35,000) in Brooklyn Dodgers' history.
1948 Music in My Heart closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 124 performances
1947 Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
1945 Scottish 52nd Lowland division occupies Heinsberg.
1944 Allied troops occupy Nettuno, Italy.
1943 Jewish patients / nurses / doctors incinerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau
1942 Musical Star & Garter, premieres in New York City
1941 British troops march into Abyssinia.
1939 30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile.
1935 1st canned beer, Krueger Cream Ale, is sold by Kruger Brewing Company
1925 Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island, New York, USA.
1924 Russian city of Saint Petersburg is renamed Leningrad.
1923 Aztec Ruins National Monument, in New Mexico, USA, is established.
1922 Lehman Caves National Monument established.
1918 The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14(NS)
1916 In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
1915 German-British sea battle at Doggersbank and Helgoland.
1914 Opera Madeleine, premieres in New York City
1913 Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished.
1902 Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA.
1901 Emily Hobhouse views Lord Kitchener's concentration camp at Bloemfontein.
1900 Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers versus British army).
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