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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 341 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 11, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 482,688 hours 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.
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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 5 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 4,417 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 24 Historical Events
- 41 –Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel 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 as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.
- 1857 –The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully-fledged university in south Asia.
- 1859 –Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.
- 1878 –The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
- 1918 –The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People’s Commissars effective February 14(NS)
- 1936 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
- 1984 –The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
- 1986 –Voyager 2 passes within 81500 km of Uranus.
- 1993 –Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
Who were born on January 24?
- 1674 –Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)
- 1712 –King Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1786)
- 1909 –Ann Todd, English actress (d. 1993)
- 1925 –Maria Tallchief, American ballerina
- 1941 –Neil Diamond, American singer
- 1946 –Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor
- 1959 –David Mills, American author
- 1971 –Cory Bailey, American baseball player
- 1975 –Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1988 –Jade Ewen, English singer
Who died on January 24?
- 1856 –Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)
- 1911 –David Graham Phillips, American journalist and novelist (b. 1867)
- 1920 –Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
- 1955 –Ira Hayes, American World War II hero (b. 1923)
- 1960 –Arthur Murray Chisholm, author of Western fiction (b. 1872)
- 1961 –Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and inventor (b. 1884)
- 1975 –Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (b. 1902)
- 1988 –Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (b. 1905)
- 1989 –George Knudson, Canadian golfer (b. 1937)
- 1992 –Ken Darby, American composer, arranger and conductor (b. 1909)
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