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What happened in history on this day: January 24?
On January 24 in ...
- 1847 - 1,500 New Mexican Indians and Mexicans defeated by US Colonel Price.
- 1848 - Carpenter James Wilson Marshall and Peter L. Wimmer discover gold at Captain John Sutter's lumber mill under construction at Coloma on American River in California.
- 1861 - Arsenal at Augusta, Georgia, seized by Confederacy.
- 1861 - Federal troops from Fort Monroe are sent to Fort Pikens.
- 1862 - James McIntosh, Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at about age 33.
- 1922 - -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Danbury, Wisconsin (state record).
- 1922 - US Congress statute recognizes Great Basin National Park in Nevada.
- 1923 - Aztec Ruins National Monument, in New Mexico, USA, is established.
- 1925 - Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island, New York, USA.
- 1935 - Canned beer makes its debut; the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivers 2,000 cans of Krueger's Finest Beer and Krueger's Cream Ale to drinkers in Richmond, Virginia.
- 1943 - The Casablanca Conference ends. The British persuaded the Americans to postpone the cross-Channel invasion. US President Franklin Roosevelt announces to the press the Allied policy of requiring the unconditional surrender of Germany, Italy, and Japan.
- 1964 - 24th Amendment to US Constitution goes into effect; it states that voting rights can not be denied due to failure to pay taxes.
- 1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1980 - The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad is ordered to be liquidated due to bankruptcy.
- 1980 - North of Livermore Valley, California, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurs.
- 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.
- 1985 - 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission, Discovery 3 is launched from Cape Canaveral with secret cargo, a surveillance satellite.
- 1989 - Serial killer (100 women) Ted Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair.
- 2003 - The new United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
- 2004 - At 05:05 UTC, NASA's MER-B (Opportunity) rover lands on Mars.
- 2007 - In Giles County, Virginian, USA a meteor sighting is followed by a thundering tremor.
- 2013 - Stack's Bowers Galleries conducts the New York Americana auction. Some highlights:
- USA 1792 half disme, MS-68 NGC, finest known: $1,145,625;
- USA 1794 dollar, SP-66 PCGS, with silver plug, possibly first US dollar struck: $10,016,875, new record for a coin.
Births on January 24
- 1902 - Birth of Walter Keirnan in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; TV panelist (I've Got a Secret).
- 1915 - Birth of Ernest Borgnine in Hamden, Connecticut, USA; actor (Ice Station Zebra, McHale's Navy, Marty).
- 1919 - Birth of Leon Kirchner in Brooklyn, New York, USA; opera composer (Lily).
- 1920 - Birth of Don Saddler in Van Nuys, California, USA; dancer (Holiday Hotel).
- 1924 - Birth of Marvin Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Top Cat, Henry - Alice).
- 1925 - Birth of William Hudson in California, USA; actor (I Led Three Lives).
- 1939 - Birth of Ray Stevens in Clarksdale, Georgia, USA; singer, songwriter ("Ahab the Arab", "The Streak").
- 1941 - Birth of Neil Diamond in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer/actor (Jazz Singer, "Coming to America").
- 1943 - Birth of Julie Bennett in Beverly Hills, California, USA; actress (Hey There It's Yogi Bear).
- 1943 - Birth of Sharon Tate in Dallas, Texas, USA; actress (Valley of the Dolls).
- 1947 - Birth of Warren Zevon in Chicago, Illinois, USA; rocker and songwriter ("Excitable Boy").
- 1949 - Birth of John Belushi in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedian/actor (Saturday Night Live, The Blues Brothers).
- 1952 - Birth of William F Readdy in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, USA; astronaut (STS 42, 51, 79).
- 1953 - Birth of Brian Matthews in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (The Burning).
- 1964 - Birth of Rob Dibble in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1966 - Birth of Kim Saiki in Inglewood, California, USA; golfer (1994 Standard Register PING-13th).
- 1967 - Birth of Shannon Butler in South Lake Tahoe, California, USA; 10km runner.
- 1968 - Birth of Mary Lou Retton in Fairmont, West Virginia, USA; gymnast (Olympics-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-1984).
- 1968 - Birth of Ross Powell; US baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros).
- 1968 - Birth of Scott Mercier in Harbor City, California, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Saalman Raelyn in Fostoria, Ohio, USA; actress (Attack of 60-foot Centerfold).
- 1971 - Birth of Tonya Crowe in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (Olivia - Knots Landing).
- 1972 - Birth of Salima Davidson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; volleyball setter (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Chris Ferraro in Port Jefferson, New York, USA; NHL right wing (Olympics-1994, New York Rangers).
- 1973 - Birth of Peter Ferraro in Port Jefferson, New York, USA; NHL right wing (Olympics-1994, New York Rangers).
- 1974 - Birth of Layla Linn; Miss New Mexico-USA (1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Danielle Connors; Miss Virginia-USA (1996).
- 1979 - Birth of Tatyana M Ali in New York City, New York; actress (Sesame Street, Fresh Prince of Bel Air).
Deaths on January 24
- 1862 - James McIntosh, Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at about age 33.
- 1864 - Stephen Gardner Champlin, Brigadier General (USA), dies at about age 36.
- 1986 - Death of Gordon MacRae at age 64 of mouth cancer in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; singer/actor (Railroad Hour radio show, Oklahoma!, Carousel, The Desert Song), host (Colgate Comedy Hour TV show, Lux Television Theatre TV show).
- 1986 - L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard, American author (Dianetics, Death Quest) and founder of Scientology, dies at age 74 (born 1911).
- 1989 - Serial killer (100 women) Ted Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair.
- 1992 - Death of Gilroy Roberts at age 86; US Mint Chief Engraver (1948-64), engraver of US Kennedy half dollar (1964-) and many coins of Cuba, Denmark, El Salvador, Haiti, Liberia.
- 1993 - Thurgood Marshall, US supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84.
- 2023 - Death of Lance Kerwin at age 62 in San Clemente, California, USA; actor (James at 15 TV series).
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