Page 8: Historical Events In January - 24

1973  On this day in history alan Lisette, cricketer (took 3 wickets in 2 Tests for NZ 1956), dies   

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

1975  Larry Fine, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 72 on January - 24.   

1976  George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest on January - 24.   

1977  On January - 24 5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid   

1978  On January - 24 a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite disintegrates as it falls into the atmosphere, spreading radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.   

1978  A Russian satellite accidently crashes in Canada's Northwest Territory on January - 24.   

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  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on January - 24.   

1979  On this day in history jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51   

1980  On January - 24 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  Kim Hughes scores 213 vs India at Adelaide on January - 24.   

1983  Hulk Hogan pins the Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title on January - 24.   

1983  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 on January - 24.   

1983  George Cukor, director, dies of stroke & heart attack at 83 on January - 24.   

1984  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 on this day in history.   

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

1984  On January - 24 apple unveils its Macintosh personal computer, the first with a graphical interface   

1985  15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched on January - 24.   

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

1985  The space shuttle 'Discovery' is launched on its first military mission on January - 24.   

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

1986  South Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president on this day in history.   

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

1986  Voyager 2 makes first fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons on January - 24.   

1986  Gordon MacRae, singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1987  On January - 24 61st Australian Women's Tennis H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76)   

1988  Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup on this day in history.   

1988  Ben Johnson named the Associated Press (AP) male athlete of the year, the first Canadian track athlete so honoured on this day in history.   

1988  On January - 24 first WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins   

1988  Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history serial killer Ted Bundy is put to death in Florida's electric chair.   

1989  On this day in history the first reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex   

1989  On January - 24 ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

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

1287  On this day in history birth of richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345)   

1444  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476) was born on January - 24.   

1638  On January - 24 birth of charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706)   

1664  John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized) was born on January - 24.   

1670  On January - 24 birth of william Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729)   

1674  On this day in history birth of thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)   

1679  On this day in history birth of christian von Wolff, German philosopher   

1705  Farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato was born on January - 24.   

0041  Death of Caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28 on this day in history.   

0661  Death of Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered on this day in history.   

0772  Stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies on this day in history.   

0817  On January - 24 stefanus IV, pope (816-17), dies   

1125  Death of David IV of Georgia (b. 1073) on January - 24.   

1336  Alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1366  On this day in history death of alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)   

1376  Death of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader on this day in history.