January 24: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

January 24th marks the 24th day of the Gregorian calendar year. There are 341 days remaining until the end of the year (or 342 days in case of leap years). People born on this day are under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Sharon Tate (1943), Mischa Barton (1986) and Nastassja Kinski (1961). Holidays and observances around the world include: International Day of Education.
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Holidays

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

Events

2019 Adelaide, South Australia, experiences its highest temperature ever since 1939. It reaches 46.6 degrees Celsius (115.9 degrees Fahrenheit) at 3:36pm local. This is the highest temperature ever recorded in any Australian capital. High temperatures have proved fatal to significant numbers of local livestock.
2018 War in Afghanistan (2001-present: 2018 Save The Children Jalalabad Attack: An attack on Save the Children Jalalabad charity's offices in the eastern Afghan city Jalalabad.
2017 89th Academy Awards: The nominees for 2017 Academy Awards have been announced. Hidden Figures, Moonlight, and La La Land are some of the most popular.
2016 Syrian Civil War: The Syrian Army seizes control of Rabia, a strategic Turkmen settlement in Syria's Latakia Governorate. Since 2012, the town was under rebel control.
2015 War in Donbass - A rocket attack on a Mariupol open-air market, Ukraine, has left at least 27 dead and more than 90 others injured. Alexander Zakharchenko (pro-Russian rebel leader) announces an offensive against Mariupol.
2014 Egypt after the coup: Three bombs explode in Cairo, Egypt's capital, killing approximately five people.
2013 Insurgency in North Caucasus: Russian police announces that 13 rebels including Khuseyn Gagakayev and his son were killed during fighting in the Vedeno district, Chechnya.
2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising: 52 civilians were killed by security forces in Syria, of which 39 were killed in Hama.
2011 A bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport left at least 35 dead and 180 others injured.
2010 The aftermath of the Haiti earthquake in 2010:
2009 The storm Klaus hits Bordeaux, France. The storm would then cause 26 deaths and extensive disruptions in power supply and public transport.
2008 After almost 130 years of publication, Australia's oldest magazine, "The Bulletin", is ending its run.
2007 A meteor sighting in Giles County, Virginian USA is followed by thundering tremors.
2006 A US federal judge issued a summary judgment against Christopher William Smith. AOL is awarded US$5.3 Million in damages and US$287,000 legal fees. Smith had refused to take part in the lawsuit brought against him under the CANSPAM Act 2003. Smith is accused in sending spam e-mails that reached millions of AOL customers.
2005 Conflict in Iraq: A suicide bomber detonates near the Iraqi National Accord party's interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi. Officials claim that Allawi was not present in the area at the moment and that seven officers and three civilians were injured. Officials from the U.S. confirm that one soldier died in Mosul, and they state that four of 18 Iraqi provinces, which account for a quarter the population and are dominated by Sunni Sunni, will not be safe to vote in Sunday’s elections.
2004 At 05:05 UTC NASA's MERB (Opportunity rover) lands on Mars.
2003 Officially, the new United States Department of Homeland Security goes into operation.
2002 Enron hearings begin.
2001 Colorado Springs, Colorado takes the last two ampquotTexas 7ampquot into custody.
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
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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