January 24

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Holidays & Observances Alasitas, Unification Day (Romania), Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day (International) Events Royal Rumble (2016), 59th Filmfare Awards Famous birthdays Luis Suárez, Maria Elena Boschi, Michelle Hunziker, Sharon Tate, Mischa Barton

January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 341 days remaining until the end of the year (342 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

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Events

AD 41 – Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and sadistic despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor

1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.

1458 – Matthias Corvinus becomes king of Hungary.

1624 – Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.

1679 – King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.

1739 – Peshva warrior Chimnaji Appa defeats Portuguese forces and captures Tarapur Fort, India.

1742 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.

1758 – During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763)

1817 – Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the Action of Picheuta.

1835 – Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.

1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.

1857 – The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.

1859 – The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.

1862 – Bucharest is proclaimed the capital of Romania.

1900 – Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.

1908 – The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.

1915 – World War One: 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.

1916 – In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.

1918 – The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14(NS)

1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.

1939 – The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.

1942 – World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.

1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.

1946 – The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.

1947 – Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.

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.

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.

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

1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.

1977 – Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.

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.

1984 – Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.

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.

2003 – The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.

2009 – Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.

2011 – At least 35 die and 180 are injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.

Births

AD 76 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (d. 138)

1287 – Richard de Bury, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1345)

1444 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476)

1540 – Edmund Campion, English priest and martyr (d. 1581)

1638 – Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and politician, Lord Chamberlain of Great Britain (d. 1706)

1670 – William Congreve, English playwright and poet (d. 1729)

1674 – Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)

1679 – Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (d. 1754)

1709 – Dom Bédos de Celles, French monk and organist (d. 1779)

1712 – Frederick the Great, Prussian king (d. 1786)

1732 – Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and financier (d. 1799)

1746 – Gustav III of Sweden (d. 1792)

1749 – Charles James Fox, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 1806)

1754 – Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor (d. 1820)

1763 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Ukrainian general and politician (d. 1831)

1776 – E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer (d. 1822)

1843 – Josip Stadler, Croatian archbishop (d. 1918)

1848 – Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (d. 1916)

1858 – Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (d. 1889)

1862 – Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1937)

1864 – Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (d. 1936)

1866 – Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1920)

1872 – Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (d. 1943)

1872 – Morris Travers, English chemist and academic (d. 1961)

1886 – Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)

1888 – Vicki Baum, Austrian author and screenwriter (d. 1960)

1888 – Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company (d. 1958)

1889 – Charles Hawes, American historian and author (d. 1923)

1891 – Walter Model, German field marshal (d. 1945)

1895 – Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter (d. 1976)

1898 – Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (d. 1939)

1900 – Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (d. 1975)

1901 – Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d. 1995)

1901 – Edward Turner, English engineer (d. 1973)

1902 – Ephraim Avigdor Speiser, Ukrainian-American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1965)

1905 – J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995)

1907 – Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1999)

1909 – Martin Lings, English author and scholar (d. 2005)

1910 – Doris Haddock, American political activist (d. 2010)

1911 – Muir Mathieson, Scottish conductor and composer (d. 1975)

1912 – Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (d. 2005)

1913 – Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer (d. 2008)

1913 – Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1983)

1915 – Vítězslava Kaprálová, Czech composer and conductor (d. 1940)

1915 – Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic (d. 1991)

1916 – Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (d. 2009)

1916 – Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player and actor (d. 2013)

1917 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (d. 2012)

1918 – Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1996)

1918 – Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (d. 2009)

1919 – Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)

1919 – Leon Kirchner, American composer and educator (d. 2009)

1920 – Jimmy Forrest, American saxophonist (d. 1980)

1922 – Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (d. 2014)

1922 – Neil Franklin, English footballer (d. 1996)

1924 – Brian Bevan, Australian-English rugby league player (d. 1991)

1924 – C. B. Muthamma, Indian soldier and diplomat (d. 2009)

1925 – Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)

1925 – Maria Tallchief, American ballerina and actress (d. 2013)

1926 – Ruth Asawa, American sculptor (d. 2013)

1926 – Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1927 – Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, Scottish lieutenant (d. 2007)

1928 – Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethologist, and painter

1928 – Michel Serrault, French actor (d. 2007)

1930 – Mahmoud Farshchian, Iranian-Persian painter and academic

1930 – Bernard Matthews, English farmer and businessman, founded Bernard Matthews Farms (d. 2010)

1930 – John Romita Sr., American soldier and illustrator

1931 – Leonard Baker, American historian and author (d. 1984)

1931 – Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 2012)

1931 – Ib Nørholm, Danish composer and organist

1934 – Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (d. 1976)

1935 – Shivabalayogi, Indian religious leader (d. 1994)

1935 – Eric Ashton, English rugby player and coach (d. 2008)

1938 – Julius Hemphill, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1995)

1939 – Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter and actor

1940 – Joachim Gauck, German pastor and politician, 11th President of Germany

1941 – Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 – Aaron Neville, American singer

1941 – Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1942 – Melvin Fitting, American logician

1942 – Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (d. 2008)

1943 – Subhash Ghai, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter

1943 – Peter Struck, German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)

1943 – Sharon Tate, American model and actress (d. 1969)

1943 – Tony Trimmer, English race car driver

1945 – John Garamendi, American football player and politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior

1946 – Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor

1947 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer (d. 2012)

1947 – Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic

1947 – Masashi Ozaki, Japanese baseball player and golfer

1947 – Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)

1948 – Michael Des Barres, English singer-songwriter and actor

1949 – John Belushi, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)

1949 – Bill Bush, New Zealand rugby player

1950 – Daniel Auteuil, French actor, director, and screenwriter

1951 – Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American comedian and actor

1953 – Yuri Bashmet, Russian violinist, viola player, and conductor

1954 – Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (d. 1986)

1955 – Jim Montgomery, American swimmer

1955 – Alan Sokal, American physicist and author

1955 – Lynda Weinman, American businesswoman and author

1957 – Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster

1958 – Neil Allen, American baseball player and coach

1958 – Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and pianist

1959 – Akira Maeda, Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor

1959 – Michel Preud'homme, Belgian footballer and manager

1959 – Vic Reeves, English comedian, actor, and author

1960 – Mária Bajzek Lukács, Hungarian author and educator

1960 – Mark Reeds, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)

1961 – Guido Buchwald, German footballer and manager

1961 – Nastassja Kinski, German-American actress and producer

1961 – William Van Dijck, Belgian runner

1962 – Argiris Kambouris, Greek basketball player

1965 – Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1965 – Pagonis Vakalopoulos, Greek footballer and manager

1966 – Jimeoin, English-Irish comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

1967 – Phil LaMarr, American actor, singer, and screenwriter

1967 – John Myung, American bass player and songwriter

1968 – Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast

1969 – Yoo Ho-jeong, South Korean actress

1970 – Luke Egan, Australian surfer

1970 – Neil Johnson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer

1970 – Matthew Lillard, American actor

1972 – Daniel Kawczynski, Polish-English accountant and politician

1974 – Ed Helms, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1974 – Melissa Tkautz, Australian actress and singer

1975 – Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer and manager

1976 – Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer

1976 – Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist

1978 – Kristen Schaal, American actress and voice artist

1979 – Leandro Desábato, Argentinian footballer

1979 – Tom Kostopoulos, Canadian ice hockey player

1979 – Nik Wallenda, American acrobat and tightrope walker

1980 – Rocky Boiman, American football player and sportscaster

1981 – Michael Wolf, German ice hockey player

1983 – Davide Biondini, Italian footballer

1983 – Wyatt Crockett, New Zealand rugby player

1983 – Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer

1983 – Scott Speed, American race car driver

1984 – Scott Kazmir, American baseball player

1984 – Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer

1985 – Ian Henderson, English footballer

1986 – Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

1986 – Mischa Barton, English-American actress

1986 – Vladislav Ivanov, Russian footballer

1986 – Michael Kightly, English footballer

1986 – Ricky Ullman, Israeli-American actor

1987 – Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer

1989 – Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer

1990 – Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist

1991 – Li Xuerui, Chinese badminton player

1992 – Becky Downie, English gymnast

1993 – Albert Vete, New Zealand rugby league player

1997 – Samantha Yeo, Singaporean swimmer

Deaths

AD 41 – Caligula, Roman emperor (b. 12)

817 – Pope Stephen IV (b. 770)

847 – Pope Sergius II

1125 – David IV of Georgia (b. 1073)

1336 – Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)

1376 – Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English commander (b. 1306)

1473 – Conrad Paumann, German organist and composer (b. 1410)

1525 – Franciabigio, Florentine painter (b. 1482)

1595 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (b. 1529)

1626 – Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)

1639 – Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596)

1666 – Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (b. 1588)

1709 – George Rooke, English admiral and politician (b. 1650)

1769 – François de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)

1839 – Michele Cachia, Maltese architect and engineer (b. 1760)

1877 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)

1882 – Levi Boone, American physician and politician, 17th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)

1883 – Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)

1895 – Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)

1911 – David Graham Phillips, American journalist and author (b. 1867)

1918 – George Arthur Crump, American architect, designed the Pine Valley Golf Club (b. 1871)

1920 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)

1924 – Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (b. 1853)

1932 – Alfred Yarrow, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Yarrow Shipbuilders (b. 1842)

1939 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)

1943 – John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)

1948 – Maria Mandl, Austrian SS officer (b. 1912)

1960 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)

1961 – Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)

1962 – André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

1962 – Stanley Lord, English captain (b. 1877)

1962 – Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)

1965 – Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

1966 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)

1970 – Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (b. 1891)

1971 – Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)

1975 – Larry Fine, American comedian (b. 1902)

1982 – Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (b. 1918)

1983 – George Cukor, American director and producer (b. 1899)

1986 – L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)

1986 – Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)

1988 – Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1905)

1990 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)

1991 – John M. Kelly, Irish academic and politician, 17th Attorney General of Ireland (b. 1931)

1991 – Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (b. 1907)

1992 – Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (b. 1909)

1993 – Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)

1993 – Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)

1995 – David Cole, American DJ, songwriter, and producer (b. 1962)

1998 – Walter D. Edmonds, American journalist and author (b. 1903)

2001 – Gaffar Okkan, Turkish police officer and civil servant (b. 1952)

2002 – Peter Gzowski, Canadian journalist and broadcaster (b. 1934)

2002 – Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)

2003 – Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b. 1921)

2004 – Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)

2005 – June Bronhill, Australian soprano (b. 1929)

2006 – Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)

2006 – Fayard Nicholas, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1914)

2006 – Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, Sri Lankan journalist and activist (b. 1970)

2007 – Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)

2007 – İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)

2007 – Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956)

2007 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (b. 1891)

2008 – Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer (b. 1915)

2008 – Randy Salerno, American journalist (b. 1963)

2009 – Reg Gutteridge, English journalist and sportscaster (b. 1924)

2009 – Kay Yow, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)

2010 – Şakir Eczacıbaşı, Turkish pharmacist, photographer, and businessman (b. 1929)

2010 – Pernell Roberts, American actor (b. 1928)

2011 – Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (b. 1949)

2011 – Gerry Ortega, Filipino environmentalist, journalist, and politician (b. 1963)

2012 – J. Joseph Garrahy, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1930)

2012 – Patricia Neway, American soprano and actress (b. 1919)

2013 – Khuseyn Gakayev, Russian commander (b. 1970)

2013 – Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1959)

2013 – Richard G. Stern, American novelist, short story writer (b. 1928)

2013 – Jim Wallwork, English sergeant and pilot (b. 1919)

2014 – Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1928)

2014 – Lisa Daniely, English actress (b. 1929)

2014 – Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (b. 1930)

2015 – Link Byfield, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1951)

2015 – Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (b. 1922)

2015 – Joe Franklin, American radio and television host (b. 1926)

2015 – Frances Lennon, English painter and illustrator (b. 1912)

2016 – Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (b. 1928)

2016 – Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)

2016 – Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (b. 1960)

2017 – Butch Trucks, American drummer (b. 1947)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

Cadoc (Wales)

Felician of Foligno

Francis de Sales

Pratulin Martyrs (Greek Catholic Church)

January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which Saturday of Souls can fall, while February 27 (or 28 during Leap Year) is the latest; observed 57 days before Easter. (Eastern Orthodox)

Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances:

Feria de Alasitas (La Paz)

Unification Day (Romania)

References

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