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24 Jan 1534
Francois I signs classified treaty with evangelical German monarchy
24 Jan 1568
In Netherlands Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw
24 Jan 1616
Dutch mariner Jacob Le Maire discovers Le Maire Strait Tierra del Fuego
24 Jan 1634
Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor
24 Jan 1639
Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders
24 Jan 1644
Parliamentary army wins battle of Nantwich Cheshire English Civil War
24 Jan 1648
Lord Baltimores representative Margaret Brent ejected from the Maryland Council after requesting right to vote
24 Jan 1656
1st Jewish doctor in North American colonies Jacob Lumbrozo arrives in Maryland
24 Jan 1659
Pierre Corneilles Oedipe premieres in Paris
24 Jan 1722
Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st north American divinity professor (Harvard)
24 Jan 1742
German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor
24 Jan 1764
Governor Winthrops Telescope is destroyed in a Harvard fire
24 Jan 1776
Henry Knox arrives at Cambridge Massachusetts with the artillery that he has transported from Fort Ticonderoga
24 Jan 1847
1500 New Mexican Indians & Mexicans defeated by US Colonel Price
24 Jan 1848
James Marshall finds gold in Sutters Mill in Coloma California
24 Jan 1857
University of Calcutta founded as the first full-fledged university in South Asia
24 Jan 1859
Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler
24 Jan 1861
Federal troops from Ft Monroe are sent to Ft Pikens
24 Jan 1862
Romanian principality arises under King Alexander Cuza. Bucharest proclaimed its capital.
24 Jan 1874
Gen J van Swieten conquers Kraton Atjeh after thousands die
24 Jan 1874
Mussorgskys opera Boris Godunov premieres in St Petersburg
24 Jan 1875
Camille Saint-Sans Danse Macabre premieres
24 Jan 1878
Revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov Governor of Saint Petersburg
24 Jan 1892
Battle of Mengo Uganda French missionaries attack British missionaries
24 Jan 1899
Rubber heel for boots or shoes patented by American Humphrey OSullivan
24 Jan 1900
Battle of Tugela-Spionkop South Africa (Boers vs British army)
24 Jan 1900
Newcastle Badminton Club worlds oldest forms in England
24 Jan 1901
1st games played in baseballs American League
24 Jan 1901
Emily Hobhouse views the British administrated concentration camp at Bloemfontein for women and children
24 Jan 1901
Denmark and the US sign a treaty under which Denmark will sell the Danish West Indies to the USA for 5 million but the sale will be postponed until 1917
24 Jan 1915
German-British sea battle at Dogger Bank & Helgoland
24 Jan 1916
The Military Service Bill calling for conscription of men for war services passes in the British House of Commons
24 Jan 1920
Australasian Championships Mens Tennis Sydney Englishman Algernon Kingscote beats Eric Pockley of Australia 6-4 6-0 6-3
24 Jan 1922
-54F (-48C) Danbury Wisconsin (state record)
24 Jan 1922
Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo)
24 Jan 1923
Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico established
24 Jan 1924
Russian city of St Petersburg renamed Leningrad (changed back in 1991)
24 Jan 1925
Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island
24 Jan 1930
J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut NZ v England Wellington
24 Jan 1930
Stewie Dempster scores New Zealands 1st Test century
24 Jan 1933
Noel Cowards Design for Living premieres in NYC
24 Jan 1936
Benny Goodman & orchestra record Stompin at the Savoy on Victor Records
24 Jan 1936
Albert Sarraut becomes Prime Minister of France
24 Jan 1939
30000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile
24 Jan 1943
Jewish patients nurses and doctors incinerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau
24 Jan 1945
Scottish 52nd Lowland division occupies Heinsberg
24 Jan 1947
NFL adds 5th official (back judge) & allows sudden death in playoffs
24 Jan 1948
Music in My Heart closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 124 performances
24 Jan 1948
Dutch Liberal Party forms - Peoples party for Freedom & Democracy (VVD)
24 Jan 1952
1st NFL team in Texas Dallas Texans formerly NY Yanks
24 Jan 1952
Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base
24 Jan 1955
Photography exhibition The Family of Man curated by Edward Steichen opens at MOMA New York greatest photographic enterprise ever undertaken
24 Jan 1956
96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation Hawaii (state record)
24 Jan 1956
An inquiry considers building homes in a war devastated area in London
24 Jan 1958
After warming to 100000000 degrees 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion
24 Jan 1959
Party with Comden & Green closes at John Golden NYC after 38 performances
24 Jan 1959
WHCT TV channel 18 in Hartford CT (IND) begins broadcasting
24 Jan 1960
Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle
24 Jan 1961
Lazard Brothers Ltd draw a check for 334867807.68
24 Jan 1962
Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles
24 Jan 1962
Jackie Robinson is 1st African American elected to Baseballs Hall of Fame. Bob Feller is also elected.
24 Jan 1963
Buddy Rogers & Lou Thesz wrestle in Toronto Rogers becomes WWF wrestling champ & Thesz becomes NWA champion
24 Jan 1964
CBS purchases & 1965 NFL TV rights for 28.2 million
24 Jan 1964
Eric de Noorman a Dutch comic strip by Hans G. Kresse ends
24 Jan 1964
24th Amendment to US Constitution goes into effect & states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes
24 Jan 1966
WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth MN (ABC) begins broadcasting
24 Jan 1966
117 passengers are killed after an Air India Boeing-707 plane crashes into Mont Blanc France
24 Jan 1968
Operation Coburg an Australian and New Zealand military action during the Vietnam War begins
24 Jan 1969
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa
24 Jan 1969
Deputy Prime Minister Brian Faulkner resigns from the Northern Ireland cabinet in protest at the lack of strong government on the part of PM Terence ONeill
24 Jan 1969
Students protest the erection of steel gates around the London School of Economics
24 Jan 1970
3rd ABA All-Star Game West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana
24 Jan 1970
Valeri Muratov skates world record 500m (38.99 sec)
24 Jan 1971
21st NFL Pro Bowl LA Memorial Coliseum NFC beats AFC 27-6 MVPs Fred Carr Green Bay Packers LB Mel Renfro Dallas Cowboys CB
24 Jan 1972
WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga TN (IND) 1st broadcast
24 Jan 1972
Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle where he had been since the end of World War II.
24 Jan 1973
Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
24 Jan 1974
10th British Commonwealth Games open in Christchurch New Zealand
24 Jan 1975
Hot l Baltimore situation comedy premieres on ABC TV
24 Jan 1975
Fastest Earth-bound object 7200 kph in vacuum centrifuge England
24 Jan 1976
Cleveland Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89)
24 Jan 1977
Massacre of Atocha in Madrid Five labor lawyers murdered by fascists in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy
24 Jan 1978
31st NHL All-Star Game Buffalo Municipal Auditorium Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference 3-2 (OT) MVP Billy Smith NY Islanders G
24 Jan 1978
Carter Executive Order on Intelligence ( 12036)
24 Jan 1981
Islanders scored 5 power play goals against Nordiques
24 Jan 1984
Apple Computer Inc unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer
24 Jan 1985
15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched
24 Jan 1986
South Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president
24 Jan 1986
Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81593 km) finds new moons
24 Jan 1986
Leon Brittan Trade and Industry Secretary under Thatcher is 2nd cabinet minister to resign after Westland affair
24 Jan 1988
9th ACE Cable Awards Discovery Channel wins the Golden CableACE for Russia Live From the Inside
24 Jan 1988
Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win crickets World Series Cup
24 Jan 1988
NBC premiere of fact based The Murder of Mary Phagan
24 Jan 1988
Australian Open Mens Tennis Mats Wilander wins 3rd Australian title beats home town favourite Pat Cash 6-3 6-7 3-6 6-1 8-6
24 Jan 1988
4th Sundance Film Festival Heat and Sunlight wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
24 Jan 1989
1st reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex
24 Jan 1990
Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon
24 Jan 1990
14th Commonwealth Games open in Auckland New Zealand
24 Jan 1990
LAs Pat Riley becomes the 13th and fastest coach to reach the 500-victory plateau as the Lakers down the Indiana Pacers 120-111 Riley (500-184) surpasses Don Nelson (500-317) to reach milestone
24 Jan 1991
Les Miserables opens at Theatre St Denis Montreal
24 Jan 1993
Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks 52 killed
24 Jan 1993
US mens Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis
24 Jan 1993
Turkish journalist and writer Uur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
24 Jan 1994
Dow Jones closes above 3900 for 1st time (3914.48)
24 Jan 1999
David Duval eagles the 18th hole for a final round 59 to win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic at PGA West to become only the 3rd player to fire a sub-60 round on the PGA Tour
24 Jan 2001
Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson resigns
24 Jan 2003
The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation
24 Jan 2007
55th NHL All-Star Game American Airlines Centre Dallas Western Conference beats East Conference 12-9 MVP Daniel Briere Buffalo C
24 Jan 2010
AFC Championship Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis Indianapolis Colts beat New York Jets 30-17
24 Jan 2010
NFC Championship Louisiana Superdome New Orleans New Orleans Saints beat Minnesota Vikings 31-28 (OT)
24 Jan 2011
At least 35 died and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscows Domodedovo airport.
24 Jan 2013
17 people are killed and 34 are injured in a bus crash in Taperas Bolivia
24 Jan 2013
A Japanese Coast guard ship engages a Taiwanese activist ship in the Senkaku Islands dispute
24 Jan 2013
Russian police kill 13 rebels in Vedeno District Chechnya
24 Jan 2016
TV drama The X-Files returns after 13 years reuniting lead actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson and produced again by Chris Carter
24 Jan 2016
AFC Championship Mile High Stadium Denver Denver Broncos beat New England Patriots 20-18
24 Jan 2016
NFC Championship Bank of America Stadium Charlotte NC Carolina Panthers beat Arizona Cardinals 49-15
24 Jan 2018
Former US Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar found guilty of molesting over 150 girls sentenced up to 175 years in prison
24 Jan 2018
UK charity Presidents Club forced to close after revelations of sexual harassment at event revealed by the Financial Times
24 Jan 1121
English King Henry I marries 2nd wife Adeliza [Adela] of Louvain at Windsor Castle
24 Jan 1978
31st NHL All-Star Game Buffalo Municipal Auditorium Buffalo NY Wales beats Campbell 3-2 (OT) MVP Billy Smith NY Islanders G
24 Jan 1997
The Swiss government and several banks and businesses agree to create a memorial fund for victims of the Holocaust
24 Jan 1999
David Duval eagles the 18th hole for a final round 59 to win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic at PGA West becomes only the 3rd player to fire a sub-60 round on the PGA Tour
24 Jan 2007
55th NHL All-Star Game American Airlines Centre Dallas TX West beats East 12-9 MVP Daniel Briere Buffalo Sabres C
24 Jan 2010
AFC Championship Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis IN Indianapolis Colts beat New York Jets 30-17
24 Jan 2010
NFC Championship Louisiana Superdome New Orleans LA New Orleans Saints beat Minnesota Vikings 31-28 (OT)
24 Jan 2016
AFC Championship Mile High Stadium Denver CO Denver Broncos beat New England Patriots 20-18
24 Jan 2019
Search for missing Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala is called off after rescuers fail to find aircraft that disappeared from radar over English Channel 3 days earlier search resumes funded by soccer community donations wreckage discovered Feb 3
24 Jan 2019
17 temperature records broken in South Australia including highest ever recorded for capital Adelaide at 46.6C
24 Jan 1934
Dmitri Shostakovichs opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District is performed in Moscow roundly criticized bythe Communist Party it was banned in the Soviet Union until 1961
24 Jan 1788
French La Prouse expedition arrives in Botany Bay Australia meeting the newly arrived First Fleet penal colony
24 Jan 1952
First NFL team in Texas Dallas Texans formerly NY Yanks loses 11 of 12 games
24 Jan 1959
Dmitri Shostakovichs comedy Cheryomushk premieres in Moscow
24 Jan 1861
Federal troops from Fort Monroe are sent to Fort Pikens on Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola Florida
24 Jan 1900
Battle of Spion Kop South African Boers defeat the British army after it attempts to cross the Tugela River and relieve the besieged city Ladysmith
24 Jan 2021
AFC Championship Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City Missouri Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 38-24
24 Jan 2021
NFC Championship Lambeau Field Green Bay Wisconsin Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Green Bay Packers 31-26
24 Jan 2022
19 die in a fight and a fire at a nightclub in Sorong city West Papua Indonesia [1]
24 Jan 2022
At least 34 people killed and 65000 left homeless after two different tropical storms batter Madagascar and Mozambique with Madagascars capital Antananarivo particularly affected [1]
24 Jan 2022
Coup in Burkina Faso as military announce on TV they have overthrown President Roch Kabor after his failure to stem an Islamic insurgency [1]
24 Jan 1118
Giovanni Caetani Chancellor to Pope Paschal II is elected as his successor takes the name of Pope Gelasius II
24 Jan 1616
Dutch mariners Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten are the first Europeans to discover Le Maire Strait Tierra del Fuego - go on to round Cape Horn
24 Jan 1742
German leaders elect Charles VII Prince Elector of Bavaria Holy Roman Emperor
24 Jan 1875
Camille Saint-Sans orchestral tone poem Danse Macabre premieres
24 Jan 1890
Worlds oldest wooden sculpture the Shigir Idol - radiocarbon dated to 12500 years old is discovered in a peat bog near Kalata Middle Urals [1]
24 Jan 1914
Victor Herberts second opera Madeleine premieres at the Metropolitan Opera NYC with Frances Alda in the title role
24 Jan 1942
Mike Todds musical revue Star & Garter featuring Gypsy Rose Lee opens at the Music Box Theatre NYC
24 Jan 1948
Henry Duffys musical Music in My Heart based on life and work of Piotr Tchaikovsky closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 124 performances
24 Jan 1959
Dmitri Shostakovichs operetta Moscow Cheryomushki premieres in Moscow
24 Jan 1962
Jackie Robinson is 1st African American elected to Baseballs Hall of Fame Bob Feller is also elected
24 Jan 2023
Adani Enterprises owned by Gautam Adani worlds third richest man loses 108billion in value after investment firm Hindenburg Research publishes report alleging stock manipulation and accounting fraud [1]
24 Jan 2023
Coldest winter in a decade in Afghanistan has killed at least 124 people and 70000 livestock leaving many areas cut off according to state officials [1]
24 Jan 2023
Doomsday Clock reset 90 seconds until midnight the closest it has ever been (set up 1947) by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists due partly to war in Ukraine [1]
24 Jan 2023
Peruvian Prime Minister Dina Boluarte call for a national truce after seven weeks of violent protests at Pedro Castillos removal from office which have left at least 50 people dead [1]
24 Jan 2023
Third baseman Scott Rolen (Philadelphia Philleis St. Louis Cardinals) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
24 Jan 2024
Israeli forces expand their ground offensive into central Gazas urban refugee camps saying it will last many months [1]
24 Jan 1556
Mughal emperor Humayun trips and falls down the stairs of his library dies three days later [or 20 Jan]
24 Jan 1568
Abdij Church in Middelburg is destroyed by fire
24 Jan 1656
First Jewish doctor in North American colonies Jacob Lumbrozo arrives in Maryland
24 Jan 1857
University of Calcutta is founded as the first full-fledged university in South Asia
24 Jan 1899
Rubber heel for boots or shoes is patented by American Humphrey OSullivan
24 Jan 1922
Eskimo Pie patented by Christian Kent Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo)
24 Jan 1930
John Mills scores New Zealands 1st Test century in cricket sharing a record 276 run opening stand with Stewie Dempster
24 Jan 1947
NFL adds 5th official the back judge and allows sudden death in playoffs
24 Jan 1964
24th Amendment to the US Constitution The Elimination of Poll Taxes goes into effect removing states ability to deny voting rights due to failure to pay taxes
24 Jan 1964
CBS purchases and 1965 NFL TV rights for 28.2 million
24 Jan 1964
Dutch comic strip Eric de Noorman by Hans G. Kresse ends
24 Jan 1968
Operation Coburg begins an Australian and New Zealand military action during the Vietnam War
24 Jan 1976
Cleveland Cavaliers score their biggest margin of victory to date (43 points) when they beat Milwaukee 132-89
24 Jan 1989
First reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex
24 Jan 1992
Chalino Snchez is attacked and shot while performing at the Plaza Los Arcos restaurant in Coachella California
24 Jan 1993
Polish ferry boat MS Jan Heweliusz sinks while crossing the Baltic Sea killing 55 people
24 Jan 1994
Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 3900 for 1st time (3914.48)
24 Jan 2011
Suicide bombing at Moscows Domodedovo Airport kills 37 and injures 173
24 Jan 2018
Former US Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar is found guilty of molesting over 150 girls and is sentenced to up to 175 years in prison
24 Jan 2024
Russian military plane shot down by Ukrainian forces in Russia kills all 74 on board including 65 Ukrainian Prisoners of War prompts accusations on both sides [1]
24 Jan 2024
Sri Lanka passes controversial law to regulate online content with critics claiming it will limit free speech [1]
24 Jan 2024
UK confirms 3-year loan of Ghanas crown jewels belonging to the Asante monarch to the Manhyia Palace Museum Kumasi 150 years after they were looted [1]
24 Jan 1616
Dutch mariners Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten are the first Europeans to discover Le Maire Strait Tierra del Fuego and go on to round Cape Horn
24 Jan 1764
A fire at Harvard University destroys Governor Winthrops Telescope and its library of 5000 books is mostly lost
24 Jan 1890
Worlds oldest wooden sculpture the Shigir Idol radiocarbon dated to 12500 years old is discovered in a peat bog near Kaltay Middle Urals [1]
24 Jan 1950
US patent is awarded to inventor Percy Spencer for the microwave oven
24 Jan 1972
Japanese Sergeant Shichi Yokoi is found hiding in the jungles of Guam where he had been since the end of World War II
24 Jan 2025
US President Donald Trump fires over a dozen independent Inspectors General without the required 30-day advance notice citing reasons for the firing to Congress