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| Birthday January 24, 1712 Frederick I (The Great), King of Prussia (1740-86) |
| Birthday January 24, 1746 Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92) |
| Birthday January 24, 1862 Edith Wharton, Novelist US |
| Birthday January 24, 1862 Edith Wharton is born |
| Birthday January 24, 1871 Albert Erskine, Studebaker chief, is born |
| Birthday January 24, 1880 Elisabeth Achelis, inventor of World Calendar |
| Birthday January 24, 1888 Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, built 1st rocket-powered aircraft |
| Birthday January 24, 1917 Ernest Borgnine, Actor (Ice Station Zebra and Young Warriors) |
| Birthday January 24, 1918 Oral Roberts, Evangelist |
| Birthday January 24, 1922 Ava Gardner |
| Birthday January 24, 1925 Maria Tallchief, ballerina in Fairfax Ok |
| Birthday January 24, 1927 Paula Hawkins, (R-sen-Fla) |
| Birthday January 24, 1941 Neil Diamond, Jazz-Singer |
| Birthday January 24, 1946 Barry Bostwick, Actor |
| Birthday January 24, 1947 Giorgio Chinaglia, soccer star (Lazio of Italy and NY Cosmos) |
| Birthday January 24, 1949 John Belushi, commedian and Actor (Sat Night Live and Blues Brothers) |
| Birthday January 24, 1960 Nastassia Kinski, in Berlin Germany |
| Birthday January 24, 1967 Aretha Franklin's career is reborn |
| History January 24, 1556 Most deadly earthquake kills 830 000 in Shensi Province China |
| History January 24, 1639 Connecticut colony organized under Fundamental Orders |
| History January 24, 1764 Gov Winthrop Telescope is destroyed in a Harvard fire |
| History January 24, 1781 Light Horse and Swamp Fox raid Georgetown, South Carolina |
| History January 24, 1848 James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma Calif |
| History January 24, 1848 Gold discovered at Sutter's Creek |
| History January 24, 1861 Arsenal at Augusta Ga seized by Confederacy |
| History January 24, 1865 Confederate Congress to resume prisoner exchanges |
| History January 24, 1899 Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan |
| History January 24, 1908 Boy Scouts movement begins |
| History January 24, 1915 British and German navies battle at the Dogger Bank |
| History January 24, 1935 Beer 1st sold in cans Richmond Va |
| History January 24, 1939 Chile suffers killer quake |
| History January 24, 1943 Von Paulus to Hitler: Let us surrender! |
| History January 24, 1956 Emmett Till murderers make magazine confession |
| History January 24, 1965 Sir Winston Churchill died in England |
| History January 24, 1965 Winston Churchill dies |
| History January 24, 1966 Operation Masher/White Wing/Thang Phong II launched |
| History January 24, 1970 Nixon honors Eugene Ormandy |
| History January 24, 1972 Japanese soldier found hiding on Guam |
| History January 24, 1973 Truce is expected in Laos and Cambodia |
| History January 24, 1980 U.S. announces military equipment sales to China |
| History January 24, 1981 Mike Bossy scores 50th goal in 50 NHL games |
| History January 24, 1981 Islanders scored 5 power play goals against Nordiques |
| History January 24, 1982 SF 49'ers win their 1st Super Bowl 26-21 |
| History January 24, 1985 15th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 3 is launched |
| History January 24, 1986 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81 593 km) finds new moons |
| History January 24, 2006 Walt Disney announces $7.4 billion purchase of Pixar |