Historical Events In January - 24

1952 Vincent Massey 1887-1967 sworn in as Governor General; first Canadian-born; serves from February 28, 1952 to September 15, 1959 on this day in history.

1956 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record) on this day in history.

1960 Algeria uprises against French President De Gaulle on this day in history.

1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany on this day in history.

1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles on this day in history.

1962 Jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame on this day in history.

1964 On this day in history 24th Amendment to US Constitution goes into effect &states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes

1964 On this day in history martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking

1965 British statesman Winston Churchill dies in London at age 90 on this day in history.

1969 On this day in history queen Juliana appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa

1969 On this day in history spanish General Franco announces state of emergency

1970 3rd ABA All-Star Game West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana on this day in history.

1971 On this day in history panarctic Oils caps a natural gas well on King Christian Island,NWT that had burned out of control for 3 months

1973 Canada joins the International Commission for Control and Supervision in Vietnam for 60-day period; ICCS a truce-observance commission; with Hungary, Poland, Indonesia on this day in history.

1973 Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame on this day in history.

1975 Fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England on this day in history.

1976 On this day in history george Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest

1977 On this day in history 5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid

1978 On this day in history a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite disintegrates as it falls into the atmosphere, spreading radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.

1978 On this day in history nuclear-powered USSR satellite Cosmos 954 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrates over the Northwest Territories, scattering radioactive debris over the barrens east of Great Slave Lake; Canadian Armed Forces launches operation to recover debris; USSR later pays Canada $3 million under a UN treaty covering costs of cleanup.

1979 On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1980 On this day in history north of Livermore Valley, California s 5.9, earthquake injured 44 people and caused and estimated $11.5 million in property damage (of which, $10 million damage occurred at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory at Livermore

1981 On this day in history kim Hughes scores 213 vs India at Adelaide

1983 Hulk Hogan pins the Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title on this day in history.

1983 On this day in history oaxaca, Mexico a 7.0 earthquake occured. Damage in the Juchitan area and slight damage in the Mexico City area. Felt strongly in southeastern Mexico.

1984 On this day in history aBC network agrees to pay $386 million for US TV rights to the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics; a record sum to that date; CTV will handle the Canadian feed.

1984 On this day in history apple Computer Inc unveils its Macintosh personal computer

1985 On this day in history 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched

1985 On this day in history penny Harrington is sworn in as the first woman police chief of a major American city (Portland, OR).

1986 43rd Golden Globes Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win on this day in history.

1986 On this day in history south Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president

1986 On this day in history the NASA space probe Voyager Two passes within 50,679 miles of Uranus.

1986 On this day in history voyager 2 makes first fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons

1987 On this day in history 61st Australian Women's Tennis H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76)

1988 On this day in history australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup

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