About January 24

January 24, 2025 is the 24th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 341 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 5 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On January 24

  • 41 –
    Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula’s uncle Claudius as Emperor
  • 1438 –
    The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.
  • 1679 –
    King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
  • 1742 –
    Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
  • 1857 –
    The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully-fledged university in south Asia.
  • 1862 –
    Bucharest is proclaimed capital of Romania.
  • 1878 –
    The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
  • 1939 –
    The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán.
  • 1943 –
    World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
  • 1947 –
    Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
  • 1961 –
    1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
  • 1966 –
    An Air India Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mont Blanc, on the border between France and Italy, killing 117.
  • 1972 –
    Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
  • 1978 –
    Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor onboard, burns up in Earth’s atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada’s Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
  • 1984 –
    The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
  • 1986 –
    Voyager 2 passes within 81500 km of Uranus.
  • 1993 –
    Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
  • 1996 –
    Polish Premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.
  • 2001 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
  • 2003 –
    The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.

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