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January 24 Events in History - January 24 Birthdays - January 24 Deaths
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January 24, 1994 Dow Jones closes above 3,900 for 1st time (3,914.48) January 24, 1993 14th annual star-athon $24,000,000 January 24, 1993 Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed January 24, 1993 Soyuz TM-16 launches January 24, 1993 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis January 24, 1991 "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre St. Denis, Montreal January 24, 1990 Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon January 24, 1989 1st reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex January 24, 1988 1st WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins January 24, 1988 76th Australian Mens Tennis: M Wilander beats P Cash (63 67 36 61 86) January 24, 1988 9th ACE Cable Awards January 24, 1988 Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup January 24, 1988 Cerebral Palsy telethon January 24, 1987 61st Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76) January 24, 1986 43th Golden Globes: Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win January 24, 1986 New York Islander Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point January 24, 1986 South Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president January 24, 1986 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons January 24, 1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched January 24, 1984 Apple Computer unveils its Macintosh personal computer January 24, 1983 Hulk Hogan pins Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title January 24, 1982 Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB January 24, 1982 Superbowl XVI: San Francisco 49ers beat Cin Bengals, 26-21 in Pontiac Mich January 24, 1981 Islanders scored 5 power play goals against Nordiques January 24, 1981 Kim Hughes scores 213 vs. India at Adelaide January 24, 1979 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site January 24, 1978 31st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 3-2 (OT) at Buffalo January 24, 1978 Carter Executive Order on Intelligence January 24, 1977 5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid January 24, 1976 Cleve Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89) January 24, 1976 George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest January 24, 1975 "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV January 24, 1975 Fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England January 24, 1973 Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame January 24, 1972 WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast January 24, 1971 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-6 January 24, 1970 3rd ABA All-Star Game: West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana January 24, 1970 Valeri Muratov skates world record 500m (38.99 sec) January 24, 1969 Queen Juliana appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa January 24, 1969 Spanish Gen Franco announces state of emergency January 24, 1966 WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting January 24, 1964 CBS purchases 1964 and 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million January 24, 1964 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking January 24, 1964 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes January 24, 1963 Buddy Rogers and Lou Thesz wrestle in Toronto, Rogers becomes WWF wrestling champ and Thesz becomes NWA champ January 24, 1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany January 24, 1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles January 24, 1962 Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame January 24, 1962 Mickey Wright/Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament January 24, 1961 Edward Albee's "American Dream," premieres in New York City January 24, 1961 Lazard Brothers Ltd draw a check for $334,867,807.68 January 24, 1960 Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle January 24, 1959 "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden New York City after 38 performances January 24, 1959 Dmitri Shostakovitch's comedy "Cheryomushk," premieres in Moscow January 24, 1959 WHCT TV channel 18 in Hartford, CT (IND) begins broadcasting January 24, 1958 After warming to 100,000,000 degrees, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion January 24, 1956 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record) January 24, 1954 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter January 24, 1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open January 24, 1952 1st NFL team in Texas, Dallas Texans formerly New York Yanks January 24, 1952 Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base January 24, 1951 Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns January 24, 1950 Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history January 24, 1948 "Music in My Heart" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 124 performances January 24, 1948 Australia all out 674 vs. India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*) January 24, 1948 Dutch Liberal Party forms-People's party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) January 24, 1947 NFL adds 5th official (back judge) and allows sudden death in playoffs January 24, 1945 Scottish 52nd Lowland division occupies Heinsberg January 24, 1944 Allied troops occupy Nettuno Italy January 24, 1943 Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death January 24, 1943 Jewish patients/nurses/doctors incinerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau January 24, 1942 Musical "Star and Garter," premieres in New York City January 24, 1941 British troops march into Abyssinia January 24, 1939 30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile January 24, 1939 Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler and George Sisler elected to Hall of Fame January 24, 1939 Spanish government moves to Figueras January 24, 1936 Benny Goodman and orch record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records January 24, 1935 1st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," is sold by Kruger Brewing Co January 24, 1933 Noel Coward's "Design for Living," premieres in New York City January 24, 1930 J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut, NZ vs. England, Wellington January 24, 1930 Stewie Dempster scores New Zealand's 1st Test century January 24, 1925 Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island January 24, 1925 Sandler follows Branting as premier of Sweden January 24, 1924 Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union January 24, 1924 Russian city of St. Petersburg renamed Leningrad January 24, 1923 Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico established January 24, 1922 -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Danbury, Wisconsin (state record) January 24, 1922 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo) January 24, 1922 Lehman Caves National Monument established January 24, 1915 German-British sea battle at Doggersbank and Helgoland January 24, 1914 Opera "Madeleine," premieres in New York City January 24, 1913 Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished January 24, 1908 Gen Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts January 24, 1902 Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA January 24, 1901 1st games played in baseball's American League January 24, 1901 Emily Hobhouse view lord Kitcheners concentration camp at Bloemfontein January 24, 1900 Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army) January 24, 1900 Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, forms in England January 24, 1899 Belgium government of Vandenpeereboom forms January 24, 1899 Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan January 24, 1892 Battle at Mengo, Uganda: French missionaries attack British missionaries January 24, 1875 Camille Saint-Saens' "Danse Macabre," premieres January 24, 1874 Gen J van Swieten conquerors Kraton Atjeh, after 1000's die January 24, 1874 Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St. Petersburg January 24, 1862 Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza January 24, 1861 Arsenal at Augusta, Georgia seized by Confederacy January 24, 1861 Federal troops from Ft. Monroe are sent to Ft. Pikens January 24, 1848 James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California January 24, 1847 1,500 New Mexican Indians and Mexicans defeated by U.S. Col Price January 24, 1839 Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society January 24, 1764 Gov Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire January 24, 1742 German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor January 24, 1722 Czar Peter the Great begins civil system January 24, 1722 Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st U.S. divinity professor (Harvard) January 24, 1679 King Charles II disbands English parliament January 24, 1659 Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris January 24, 1656 1st Jewish doctor in U.S., Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland January 24, 1652 Duke of Orleans joins Fronde rebels January 24, 1644 Battle at Nantwich Cheshire: Parliamentary armies win January 24, 1639 Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders January 24, 1634 Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor January 24, 1616 Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver January 24, 1613 Amsterdams merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized January 24, 1568 Abdij Church in Middelburg destroyed by fire January 24, 1568 In Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw January 24, 1556 Heavy earthquake strikes Shaaxi China, kills 830,000 January 24, 1534 Francois I signs classified treaty with evangelical German monarchy January 24, 1458 Matthias I Corvinus chosen king of Hungary January 24, 1328 King Edward III of England marries Philippa of Henegouwen January 24, 1118 Giovanni Caetani elected Pope Gelasius II January 24, 1076 Synod of Worms: German King Henry IV fires Pope Gregory VII January 24, 817 St. Paschal I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Stephen IV January 24, 772 Stephen III ends his reign as Catholic Pope |