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What Happened on January 24th This Day in History

Year	Name
2018	Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts.
2011	At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.
2009	Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
2003	The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
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.
1989	Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, with over 30 known victims, is executed by the electric chair at the Florida State Prison.
1986	The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.
1984	Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
1978	Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
1977	The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
1972	Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
1968	Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
1966	Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc.
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.
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.
1946	The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
1943	World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
1942	World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
1939	The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
1935	Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company starts selling the first canned beer.
1933	The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
1918	The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
1916	In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
1915	World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
1908	The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
1900	Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
1859	The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
1857	The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
1848	California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
1835	Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
1817	Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the action of Picheuta.
1758	During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
1742	Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
1679	King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
1651	Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647.[7]
1536	King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.[5]
1458	Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary.
1438	The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.
914	Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.
41	Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.

Famous People Born on January 24

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Year	Name
1983	Scott Speed, American race car driver
1955	Jim Montgomery, American swimmer
1976	Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
1979	Nik Wallenda, American acrobat
1928	Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethologist, and painter
1978	Veerle Baetens, Belgian actress and singer
1966	Karin Viard, French actress
1944	David Gerrold, American science fiction screenwriter and author
1955	Lynda Weinman, American businesswoman and author
1969	Yoo Ho-jeong, South Korean actress

Famous People Deaths On January 24

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Date	Name
1125	David IV of Georgia (b. 1073)
1626	Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)
1962	André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)
901	Liu Jishu, general of the Tang Dynasty
2018	Mark E. Smith, British singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
2016	Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (b. 1928)
1988	Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
1992	Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (b. 1909)
2003	Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b. 1921)
1709	George Rooke, English admiral and politician (b. 1650)