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| January 24th, 2008 (January 24 2008) | Death | Randy Salerno, co-anchor of Chicago s CBS 2 News (born in 1963) | |
| January 24th, 1998 (January 24 1998) | Death | Walter D. Edmonds, American author (born in 1903) | |
| January 24th, 1988 (January 24 1988) | Death | Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (born in 1905) | |
| January 24th, 1978 (January 24 1978) | Event | Soviet satellite Cosmos 954 burns up in Earth s atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada s Northwest Territories. | |
| January 24th, 1978 (January 24 1978) | Event | Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted prisoners to marry in prison in the history of the Republic of Ireland. | Gallagher Quotes |
| January 24th, 1978 (January 24 1978) | Death | Herta Oberheuser, German doctor (born in 1911) | |
| January 24th, 1968 (January 24 1968) | Birth | Michael Kiske, German musician | |
| January 24th, 1968 (January 24 1968) | Birth | Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast | |
| January 24th, 1958 (January 24 1958) | Birth | Neil Allen, American baseball player | |
| January 24th, 1958 (January 24 1958) | Birth | Jools Holland, British musician | |
| January 24th, 1948 (January 24 1948) | Birth | Michael Des Barres, British actor and rock singer | |
| January 24th, 1948 (January 24 1948) | Death | Maria Mandel, Camp Leader at Auschwitz (born in 1912) | |
| January 24th, 1948 (January 24 1948) | Death | Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant at Auschwitz concentration camp (born in 1901) | |
| January 24th, 1928 (January 24 1928) | Birth | Desmond Morris, British anthropologist | |
| January 24th, 1928 (January 24 1928) | Birth | Michel Serrault, French actor (died in 2007) | |
| January 24th, 1918 (January 24 1918) | Event | The Gregorian calendar introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People s Commissars effective from February 14(NS) | |
| January 24th, 1918 (January 24 1918) | Birth | Oral Roberts, American evangelist | |
| January 24th, 1918 (January 24 1918) | Death | George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (born in 1871) | |
| January 24th, 1898 (January 24 1898) | Birth | Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (died in 1939) | |
| January 24th, 1888 (January 24 1888) | Birth | Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (died in 1960) | |
| January 24th, 1888 (January 24 1888) | Birth | Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer (died in 1958) | |
| January 24th, 1878 (January 24 1878) | Event | The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg. | |
| January 24th, 1848 (January 24 1848) | Event | California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter s Mill near Sacramento. | |
| January 24th, 1848 (January 24 1848) | Birth | Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (died in 1916) | |
| January 24th, 1638 (January 24 1638) | Birth | Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (died in 1706) | |
| January 24th, 1438 (January 24 1438) | Event | The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. | |
