24 January

January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 341 days remain until the end of the year.

We have some interesting facts & historic events all about January 24^th, including areas in religion, crime, health and more.

Keep reading for more interesting facts about January 24^th in history!

Global Celebrations

Belly Laugh Day
Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day
Beer Can Appreciation Day
National Peanut Butter Day
National Compliment Day

Historic Events

What Happened On This Day – January 24

1990: Japan launches its first lunar probe

Hiten was the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Luna 24 in 1976 and the first deep space probe that executed an aerobraking maneuver.

1984: The Apple Macintosh computer goes on sale

The “Mac” was the first commercially successful personal computer using a graphical user interface and a mouse.

1946: The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution

Resolution 1 was passed to found the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (UNAEC).

1848: The California Gold Rush begins

Some 300,000 people traveled to California after James W. Marshall had found gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California.

1835: Slaves stage a rebellion in Brazil to end slavery

The Malê Revolt was instrumental in ending slavery in Brazil.

1978: Lebanese Christian Maronite militiamen (smoking cigarettes), two armed with Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifles, and one with an AK-47 assault rifle, on the streets of East Beirut, during the Lebanese Civil War, Lebanon, c. 1978.

Lebanese Christian Maronite militiamen (smoking cigarettes), two armed with Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifles, and one with an AK-47 assault rifle, on the streets of East Beirut, during the Lebanese Civil War, Lebanon, c. 1978.

1972: Republican protesters clash with a British armoured vehicle on Bloody Sunday in Derry, Northern Ireland (1972)

1942: The crew of the B-24 Liberator ‘Whodunit?’ prepare their plane for take-off at a United States Army Air Force base in December 1942 in Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada