Historical Events In January - 24

1973  Alan Lisette, cricketer (took 3 wickets in 2 Tests for NZ 1956), dies on January - 24.   

1975  Fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England on January - 24.   

1975  Larry Fine, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 72 on January - 24.   

1976  On this day in history george Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest   

1977  5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid on January - 24.   

1978  On this day in history 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  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 on January - 24.   

1979  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1979  Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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 January - 24.   

1981  On January - 24 kim Hughes scores 213 vs India at Adelaide   

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

1983  On January - 24 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.   

1983  George Cukor, director, dies of stroke & heart attack at 83 on this day in history.   

1984  On January - 24 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.   

1984  Apple Computer Inc unveils its Macintosh personal computer on this day in history.   

1984  On January - 24 apple unveils its Macintosh personal computer, the first with a graphical interface   

1985  15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched on January - 24.   

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

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

1986  On this day in history 43rd Golden Globes Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win   

1986  On January - 24 south Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president   

1986  On January - 24 the NASA space probe Voyager Two passes within 50,679 miles of Uranus.   

1986  On this day in history voyager 2 makes first fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons   

1986  Gordon MacRae, singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1987  61st Australian Women's Tennis H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76) on January - 24.   

1988  On this day in history 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 this day in history first WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins   

1988  Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1989  Serial killer Ted Bundy is put to death in Florida's electric chair on January - 24.   

1989  The first reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42   

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1287  On January - 24 birth of richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345)   

1444  On this day in history birth of galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476)   

1638  On January - 24 birth of charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706)   

1664  John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized) was born on this day in history.   

1670  On January - 24 birth of william Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729)   

1674  Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.   

1679  Christian von Wolff, German philosopher was born on January - 24.   

1705  On this day in history birth of farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato   

0041  Death of Caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28 on January - 24.   

0661  Death of Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered on January - 24.   

0772  Stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies on January - 24.   

0817  On this day in history stefanus IV, pope (816-17), dies   

1125  Death of David IV of Georgia (b. 1073) on this day in history.   

1336  On this day in history alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36   

1366  On January - 24 death of alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)   

1376  On January - 24 death of richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader