24TH
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST
FRANCIS OF SALES; ST BABYLAS OF ANTIOCH; ST FELICIAN OF FOLIGNO; & ST MACEDONIUS THE
BARLEY EATER." |
| 24TH |
772 |
"STEPHEN III" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 24TH |
817 |
"STEPHEN IV" ENDS HIS REIGN
AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 24TH |
817 |
"ST PASCHAL I" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 24TH |
1118 |
"GIOVANNI GAETANI" IS ELECTED
POPE "GELASIUS II." |
| 24TH |
1328 |
"KING EDWARD III" OF ENGLAND MARRIES "PHILIPPA
OF HENEGOUWEN. |
| 24TH |
1848 |
GOLD DISCOVERED AT SUTTER’S MILL
NEAR COLOMA, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A, BY "JAMES MARSHALL." |
| 24TH |
1916 |
BRITAIN INTRODUCES CONSCRIPTION. |
| 24TH |
1916 |
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULED THAT
INCOME TAX WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. |
| 24TH |
1924 |
THE JAPANESE NAVAL TRAINING SQUADRON ARRIVED IN SYDNEY ON A
FRIENDLY VISIT. |
| 24TH |
1935 |
BEER WAS FIRST SOLD IN CANS BY THE
KREUGER BREWING COMPANY IN VIRGINIA, USA. |
| 24TH |
1939 |
IN CONCEPCION, CHILE, 30,000 ARE KILED BY EARTHQUAKE. |
| 24TH |
1962 |
"BRIAN EPSTEIN" SIGNS A
MANAGEMENT CONTRACT WITH THE BEATLES. |
| 24TH |
1969 |
THE "FORD MOTOR COMPANY" REVEALS IT’S NEW
MODEL, THE "CAPRI." |
| 24TH |
1972 |
JAPANESE SOLDIER, "SHOICHI
YOKOI," WAS FOUND IN THE JUNGLES OF GUAM, WHRE HE HAD LIVED SINCE AMERICAN TROOPS
TOOK THE ISLAND IN WORLD WAR 11. |
| 24TH |
1978 |
A RUSSIAN SATELLITE CRASHES NEAR YELLOW KNIFE IN
CANADA’S NORTH WEST TERRITORY. |
| 24TH |
1984 |
"APPLE COMPUTER INC" UNVEILS
IT’S MacINTOSH PERSONAL COMPUTER. |
| 24TH |
1988 |
SWEDENS "MATS WILANDER" WON THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MELBOURNE. |
| 24TH |
1989 |
THE FIRST REPORTED CASE OF AIDS IS
TRANSMITTED BY HETEROSEXUAL ORAL SEX. |
| 24TH |
1993 |
POLISH FERRY BOAT ‘JOHN HEWELIUSZ’ SINKS, 52
KILLED. |
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