What are the important events that happened on January 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 24: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 24 is the 24th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 342 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 11, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,434,240 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘icositetragon’ day.
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 17 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,051 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 24 Historical Events
1679 –
King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
1742 –
Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
1859 –
Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.
1862 –
Bucharest is proclaimed capital of Romania.
1918 –
The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People’s Commissars effective February 14(NS)
1925 –
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
1939 –
The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán.
1942 –
World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
1978 –
Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor onboard, burns up in Earth’s atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada’s Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
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.
Who were born on January 24?
1444 –
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476)
1848 –
Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (d. 1916)
1919 –
Coleman Francis, American film director (d. 1973)
1945 –
John Garamendi, American politician
1950 –
Daniel Auteuil, French actor
1957 –
Adrian Edmondson, English comedian
1967 –
Mark Kozelek, American singer/songwriter (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon)
1970 –
Matthew Lillard, American actor
1983 –
Diane Birch, American singer/songwriter/pianist
1983 –
Scott Speed, American race car driver
Who died on January 24?
1918 –
George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871)
1943 –
John Burns, English politician (b. 1858)
1948 –
Maria Mandel, Camp Leader at Auschwitz (b. 1912)
1971 –
William Griffith “Bill” Wilson, American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
1980 –
Lil Dagover, Dutch-born German actress (b. 1887)
1989 –
George Knudson, Canadian golfer (b. 1937)
1992 –
Ken Darby, American composer, arranger and conductor (b. 1909)
2006 –
Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers (b. 1914)
2008 –
Randy Salerno, co-anchor of Chicago’s CBS 2 News (b. 1963)
2009 –
Gérard Blanc, French singer (b. 1947)
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