What are the important events that happened on January 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

January 24: Facts & Myths About This Day

January 24 is the 24^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 342 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 11, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 473,904 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘icositetragon’ day.

Aquarius is the zodiac 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 17 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,051 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

January 24 Historical Events

• 1438 –
  The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.
• 1857 –
  The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully-fledged university in south Asia.
• 1916 –
  In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
• 1939 –
  The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán.
• 1942 –
  World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
• 1943 –
  World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
• 1955 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Sheep in Chinese astrology.
• 1990 –
  Japan 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.
• 1996 –
  Polish Premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.
• 2011 –
  At least 35 died and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport.

Who were born on January 24?

• 1444 –
  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476)
• 1915 –
  Robert Motherwell, American painter (d. 1991)
• 1920 –
  Jerry Maren, American actor
• 1922 –
  Charles Socarides, American psychiatrist (d. 2005)
• 1934 –
  Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet (d. 1976)
• 1936 –
  Doug Kershaw, American musician
• 1947 –
  Warren Zevon, American musician (d. 2003)
• 1961 –
  Nastassja Kinski, German-born actress
• 1979 –
  Leandro Desábato, Argentine footballer
• 1988 –
  Jade Ewen, English singer

Who died on January 24?

• 41 –
  Caligula, Emperor of Rome (b. 12)
• 1376 –
  Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader
• 1955 –
  Ira Hayes, American World War II hero (b. 1923)
• 1973 –
  J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1988 –
  Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (b. 1905)
• 1991 –
  John M. Kelly, Irish politician and academic (b. 1931)
• 2005 –
  Chalkie White, English rugby union coach (b. 1929)
• 2007 –
  Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian politician (b. 1956)
• 2007 –
  Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
• 2010 –
  Pernell Roberts, American actor & singer, last surviving star of Bonanza (b. 1928)