Historical Events In January - 24

1973  On January - 24 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 January - 24.   

1975  On January - 24 larry Fine, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 72   

1976  On January - 24 george Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest   

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 this day in history.   

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 January - 24 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1980  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 on this day in history.   

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

1983  On January - 24 hulk Hogan pins the Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title   

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  On this day in history george Cukor, director, dies of stroke & heart attack at 83   

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 this day in history apple unveils its Macintosh personal computer, the first with a graphical interface   

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

1985  Penny Harrington is sworn in as the first woman police chief of a major American city (Portland, OR) on January - 24.   

1985  On this day in history the space shuttle 'Discovery' is launched on its first military mission   

1986  43rd Golden Globes Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win on January - 24.   

1986  On January - 24 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  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 January - 24.   

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

1988  On January - 24 australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup   

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

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

1988  On this day in history charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91   

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

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

1989  Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42 on this day in history.   

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1287  Richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345) was born on this day in history.   

1444  Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476) was born on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history 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 January - 24 birth of christian von Wolff, German philosopher   

1705  Farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato was born on this day in history.   

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

0661  On this day in history death of ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered   

0772  On January - 24 stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies   

0817  Stefanus IV, pope (816-17), dies on January - 24.   

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 January - 24.   

1366  Death of Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299) on this day in history.   

1376  Death of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader on January - 24.