What happened this day in history January 24

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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