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| January 24th |
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| About January 24th is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 341 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (342 in leap years). Births 1917 - Ernest Borgnine, actor 1941 - Neil Diamond, singer, songwriter 1949 - John Belushi, actor, comedian 1950 - Gennifer Flowers, had alleged affair with President Clinton 1965 - Mike Awesome, professional wrestler 1966 - Shaun Donovan, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1968 - Mary Lou Retton, Olympic Gold Medalist, gymnast 1974 - Ed Helms, actor, comedian (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Office) Deaths 1965 - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1972 - Gene Austin, singer, songwriter 1993 - Thurgood Marshall, former Supreme Court Justice Events 1848 - Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in Northern California by James W. Marshall, setting off the California gold rush. 1916 - In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad the U.S. Supreme Court declares the federal income tax constitutional. 1927 - The first Alfred Hitchcock movie, The Pleasure Garden, is released. 1935 - The first canned beers go on sale as cans of Krueger's Finest Beer and Krueger's Cream Ale are put on sale in Richmond, Virginia. 1962 - The Beatles sign a 5-year contract to have Brian Epstein be their manager. 1982 - The San Francisco 49ers earn their first championship with a 26-21 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI. 1984 - The initial Macintosh computers go on sale. 1989 - The serial killer Ted Bundy was put to death in Florida's electric chair. 1995 - The prosecution in the O.J. Simpson murder trial gives their opening statement. 2003 - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation. |
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