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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.
Calendar
January
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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