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Notable anniversaries in history for today: January 24
- 150th: 1874 - General J van Swieten conquers Kraton, Atjeh, after thousands die.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of 8th Earl Spencer in England; large landowner/father of Diane, Princess of Wales.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Marvin Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Top Cat, Henry - Alice).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Robert W Kastenmeier; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Wisconsin, 1959-).
- 100th: 1924 - Itali's Benito Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union.
- 100th: 1924 - Russian city of Saint Petersburg is renamed Leningrad.
- 80th: 1944 - Allied troops occupy Nettuno, Italy.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of David Gerrold [Jerrold David Friedman]; author (World of Star Trek).
- 70th: 1954 - BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter.
- 70th: 1954 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open.
- 70th: 1954 - Death of Humphrey Hume Wrong in Canada; Canadian diplomat: first secretary, counsellor, minister counsellor, ambassador to Washington, permanent Canadian delegate to the League of Nations, assistant undersecretary and undersecretary of state for external affairs.
- 60th: 1964 - 24th Amendment to US Constitution goes into effect; it states that voting rights can not be denied due to failure to pay taxes.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Rob Dibble in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Ronnie McCann in Evander, South Africa; Nike golfer (1993 Hawkeye-37th).
- 60th: 1964 - CBS purchases 1964 and 1965 NFL TV rights for US$28.2 million.
- 60th: 1964 - Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank, Joseph Schildkraut Presents), dies at age 68.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Kristy Sargeant in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; ice pairs (1994 Skate Canada).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Layla Linn; Miss New Mexico-USA (1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Tim Biakabutuka; running back (Carolina Panthers).
- 40th: 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.
- 40th: 1984 - The ABC network agreed to pay a record US$386 million for US TV rights to the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
- 30th: 1994 - Dow Jones closes above 3,900 for first time (3,914.48).
- 30th: 1994 - Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at age 48.
- 30th: 1994 - Chris Boyd of England makes a single bet of 147,000 pounds on one spin of the roulette wheel on red at Binions Horseshoe Casino. He wins, and returns home.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of David Cole of complications from spinal meningitis at age 32; disk jockey (New York), superstar producer (Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin), musician (C+C Music Factory - "Gonna Make You Sweat").
- 20th: 2004 - At 05:05 UTC, NASA's MER-B (Opportunity) rover lands on Mars.
- 15th: 2009 - At Mecum's auction in Kissimmee, Florida, a 1963 Corvette Z06 Sting Ray Gulf Oil race car sells for US$1,050,000.
- 5th: 2019 - Félix Tshisekedi is inaugurated as presidet of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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