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What Happened on January 24th This Day in History

Year	Name
2011	At least 35 die and 180 are 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.
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	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
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.
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(NS).
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.
1862	Bucharest is proclaimed the capital of Romania.
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.
1739	Peshva warrior Chimnaji Appa defeats Portuguese forces and captures Tarapur Fort, India.
1679	King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
1624	Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.
1458	Matthias Corvinus becomes King of Hungary.
1438	The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.
914	Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.
661	The Rashidun Caliphate ends with the assassination of Ali, and the Imamah of the Shia going to the second Imam, Hassan ibn Ali.
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
1828	Ferdinand Cohn, German biologist (d. 1898)
1958	Frank Ullrich, German biathlete
1932	ÿliane Radigue, French electronic music composer
1899	Hoyt Vandenberg, U.S. Air Force general (d. 1954)
1816	Wilhelm Henzen, German philologist and epigraphist (d. 1887)
1872	Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (d. 1943)
1814	John Colenso, British mathematician (d. 1883)
1979	Busy Signal, Jamaican dancehall reggae artist
1968	Fernando Escartín, Spanish cyclist
1940	Joachim Gauck, German pastor and politician, 11th President of Germany

Famous People Deaths On January 24

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Date	Name
1962	Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)
2018	Mark E. Smith, British singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
1962	André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)
2007	İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)
1986	L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)
2004	Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
1993	Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)
1986	Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
1966	Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)
1376	Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English commander (b. 1306)