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This day in history: 24 January

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Key facts

313 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 24 January.
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2026: At least 70 people are killed and 10 others missing after major landslides in West Java, Indonesia.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Babylas of Antioch

Christian feast day: Blessed Marie Poussepin

Christian feast day: Exuperantius of Cingoli

Christian feast day: Felician of Foligno

Christian feast day: Francis de Sales

Christian feast day: January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Pratulin Martyrs (Greek Catholic Church)

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)

National Girl Child Day (India)

Uttar Pradesh Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)

Events

2026At least 70 people are killed and 10 others missing after major landslides in West Java, Indonesia.

2024An Ilyushin Il-76 crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, killing all 74 people on board.

2018Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts.

2011At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.

2009Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.

2003The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.

1990Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.

1988An Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes at Nizhnevartovsk Airport, killing 27 people.

1987About 20,000 protestors march in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.

1986The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.

1978Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.

1977The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.

1972Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.

1968Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.

1966Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc.

1961Goldsboro 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.

1960Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.

1946The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.

1943World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.

1942World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.

1939The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.

1935Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company starts selling the first canned beer.

1933The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.

1918The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).

1916In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.

1915World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.

1908The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.

1900Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.

1859The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.

1857The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.

1848California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.

1835Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.

1817Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the action of Picheuta.

1758During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).

1742Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.

1679King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.

1651Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647.

1536King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.

1458Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary.

1438The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.

Born on this day

2012Princess Athena of Denmark

2003Johnny Orlando, Canadian singer and songwriter

1999Niki, Indonesian singer and songwriter

1999Tristan Wirfs, American football player

1999Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer

1991Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter

1991Zack Kassian, Canadian ice hockey player

1991Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler

1990Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist

1989Gong Lijiao, Chinese shot putter

1989José Quintana, Colombian baseball player

1989Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer

1989Whit Merrifield, American baseball player

1988DaJuan Summers, American basketball player

1988Selina Jörg, German snowboarder

1987Brian Cushing, American football player

1987Guan Xin, Chinese basketball player

1987Kia Vaughn, American-Czech basketball player

1987Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer

1986Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2015)

1986Mischa Barton, English-American actress

1986Sean McVay, American football coach

1986Tyler Flowers, American baseball player

1986Vladislav Ivanov, Russian footballer

1984Justin Baldoni, American actor, director, and producer

1984Paulo Sérgio, Portuguese footballer

1983Davide Biondini, Italian footballer

1983Scott Speed, American race car driver

1983Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer

1981Carrie Coon, American actress

1981Elena Kolomina, Kazakhstani cross country skier

1981Zaur Hashimov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager

1980Jofre Mateu, Spanish footballer

1980Suzy, Portuguese singer

1979Busy Signal, Jamaican dancehall reggae artist

1979Leandro Desábato, Argentinian footballer

1979Nik Wallenda, American acrobat

1979Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer

1978Kristen Schaal, American actress, voice artist, comedian and writer

1978Mark Hildreth, Canadian actor and musician

Died on this day

2025Iris Cummings, American swimmer and aviator (born 1920)

2019Rosemary Bryant Mariner, American United States Naval Aviator (born 1953)

2018Mark E. Smith, British singer-songwriter (born 1957)

2017Butch Trucks, American drummer (born 1947)

2017Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary (born 1991)

2016Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (born 1928)

2016Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (born 1960)

2016Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist and academic (born 1927)

2015Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (born 1922)

2014Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (born 1930)

2014Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (born 1928)

2011Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (born 1949)

2010Pernell Roberts, American actor (born 1928)

2008Usha Narayanan, Burmese-born First Lady of India (born 1922)

2007Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (born 1891)

2007Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (born 1956)

2007İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1940)

2007Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (born 1916)

2006Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (born 1930)

2004Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1913)

2003Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (born 1921)

2002Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1956)

2001Gaffar Okkan, Turkish police chief (born 1952)

1993Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1908)

1993Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (born 1908)

1993Uğur Mumcu, Turkish investigative journalist (born 1942)

1992Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (born 1909)

1990Madge Bellamy, American actress (born 1899)

1989Ted Bundy, American serial killer (born 1946)

1988Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (born 1905)

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“No man is free who is not master of himself.”

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