Historical events on January 24
JANUARY 24, 771
Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat dedicated a 65-ton stele, the largest stone known to be quarried by the Maya civilization, at his city of Quiriguá.
Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat, previously known variously as Cauac Sky, Kawak Sky, Butsʼ Tiliw and Butzʼ Tiʼliw, was the leader of the
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JANUARY 24, 914
The Fatimid Caliphate began their first invasion of Egypt, against the Abbasids, which eventually ended in failure.
The Fatimid Caliphate, also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under
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JANUARY 24, 1968
Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong.
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies.
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JANUARY 24, 1978
The Soviet nuclear-powered satellite Kosmos 954 burned up during atmospheric reentry, scattering radioactive debris across Canada's Northwest Territories.
Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and
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JANUARY 24, 1913
Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis performed the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
Michael Moutoussis was a Hellenic Army officer and pioneer of military aviation. Together with Aristeidis Moraitinis, he performed the first naval air
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JANUARY 24, 1966
Air India Flight 101, en route from Bombay to London, crashed into Mont Blanc in France, killing all 117 people on board.
Air India Flight 101 was a scheduled Air India passenger flight from Bombay to London, via Delhi, Beirut, and Geneva. On the
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JANUARY 24, 1987
About 20,000 protestors marched in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.
The 1987 Forsyth County protests were a series of civil rights demonstrations held in Forsyth County, Georgia, in the United States. The
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JANUARY 24, 1848
James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill (reconstruction pictured) in Coloma, California, leading to the California gold rush.
James Wilson Marshall was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, who on January 24, 1848, reported the finding of gold at Coloma,
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JANUARY 24, 1972
Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found in the jungles of Guam, where he had been hiding since the end of World War II.
Shōichi Yokoi was a Japanese soldier who served as a sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second World
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JANUARY 24, 1977
Spanish transition to democracy: Neo-fascists attacked an office in Madrid, killing five people and injuring four others.
The Spanish transition to democracy, known in Spain as la Transición or la Transición española, is a period of modern Spanish history
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JANUARY 24, 1458
The Estates unanimously proclaimed 14-year-old Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary after being persuaded to do so by his uncle Michael Szilágyi.
The estates of the realm, or three estates, were the broad orders of social hierarchy used in Christendom from the Middle Ages
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JANUARY 24, 1536
King Henry VIII of England (pictured) suffered a serious accident while jousting, receiving injuries which may have caused his later obesity and erratic personality.
Henry VIII was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his six marriages
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