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 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 11, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 482,688 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.
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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 5 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 4,417 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 24 Historical Events
- 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
- 1939 –The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán.
- 1955 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Sheep in Chinese astrology.
- 1972 –Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
- 1977 –Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy.
- 1986 –Voyager 2 passes within 81500 km of Uranus.
- 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.
- 2003 –The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
- 2009 –The storm Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
Who were born on January 24?
- 1732 –Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (d. 1799)
- 1862 –Edith Wharton, American writer (d. 1937)
- 1913 –Norman Dello Joio, American composer (d. 2008)
- 1947 –Michio Kaku, Japanese-born American theoretical physicist
- 1950 –Daniel Auteuil, French actor
- 1955 –Jim Montgomery, American swimmer
- 1965 –Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian film director
- 1976 –Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
- 1979 –Leandro Desábato, Argentine footballer
- 1981 –Travis Hanson, American baseball player
Who died on January 24?
- 772 –Pope Stephen III (b. 720)
- 1666 –Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer (b. 1588)
- 1911 –David Graham Phillips, American journalist and novelist (b. 1867)
- 1955 –Ira Hayes, American World War II hero (b. 1923)
- 1978 –Herta Oberheuser, German doctor (b. 1911)
- 1990 –Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1993 –Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1908)
- 1998 –Walter D. Edmonds, American author (b. 1903)
- 2003 –Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (b. 1921)
- 2006 –Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers (b. 1914)
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