Tukuk-OS📅 January 24
14 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on January 24? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 1990 — Japan launched the Hiten spacecraft (pictured), the first lunar probe launched by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.
- 1987 — About 20,000 protestors marched in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.
- 1978 — The Soviet nuclear-powered satellite Kosmos 954 burned up during atmospheric reentry, scattering radioactive debris across Canada's Northwest Territories.
- 1977 — Spanish transition to democracy: Neo-fascists attacked an office in Madrid, killing five people and injuring four others.
Spanish transition to democracyNeo-fascism1977 Atocha massacre
- 1972 — Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found in the jungles of Guam, where he had been hiding since the end of World War II.
- 1968 — Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong.
- 1961 — A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two Mark 39 nuclear weapons broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina; one bomb was recovered intact, the other disintegrated.
Boeing B-52 StratofortressMark 39 nuclear bomb1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash
- 1913 — Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis performed the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
Michael MoutoussisAristeidis Moraitinis (aviator)Naval aviation
- 1857 — The University of Calcutta was established as the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent.
- 1848 — James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill (reconstruction pictured) in Coloma, California, leading to the California gold rush.
- 1458 — The Estates unanimously proclaimed 14-year-old Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary after being persuaded to do so by his uncle Michael Szilágyi.
- 914 — The Fatimid Caliphate began their first invasion of Egypt, against the Abbasids, which eventually ended in failure.
Fatimid CaliphateFatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915)Abbasid Caliphate
- 771 — Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat dedicated a 65-ton stele, the largest stone known to be quarried by the Maya civilization, at his city of Quiriguá.
- 41 — Roman emperor Caligula was murdered by Cassius Chaerea and other members of the Praetorian Guard, who proclaimed Claudius to be the new emperor.
Births
- 2012 — Princess Athena of Denmark
- 2003 — Johnny Orlando, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1999 — Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer
- 1999 — Niki, Indonesian singer and songwriter
- 1999 — Tristan Wirfs, American football player
- 1991 — Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
- 1991 — Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter
- 1991 — Zack Kassian, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990 — Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1989 — Gong Lijiao, Chinese shot putter
- 1989 — Whit Merrifield, American baseball player
- 1989 — José Quintana, Colombian baseball player
Deaths
- 2025 — Iris Cummings, American swimmer and aviator (born 1920)
- 2019 — Rosemary Bryant Mariner, American United States Naval Aviator (born 1953)
- 2018 — Mark E. Smith, British singer-songwriter (born 1957)
- 2017 — Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary (born 1991)
- 2017 — Butch Trucks, American drummer (born 1947)
- 2016 — Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (born 1928)
- 2016 — Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist and academic (born 1927)
- 2016 — Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (born 1960)
- 2015 — Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (born 1922)
- 2014 — Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (born 1928)
- 2014 — Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (born 1930)
- 2011 — Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (born 1949)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Babylas of Antioch
- Christian feast day: Exuperantius of Cingoli
- Christian feast day: Felician of Foligno
- Christian feast day: Francis de Sales
- Christian feast day: Blessed Marie Poussepin
- Christian feast day: Pratulin Martyrs (Greek Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romania)
- Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances: Feria de Alasitas (La Paz)
- Uttar Pradesh Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)
- National Girl Child Day (India)
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