Important Events on January the 24th

1556 - Most deadly earthquake kills 830 000 in Shensi Province China
1639 - Connecticut colony organized under Fundamental Orders
1764 - Gov Winthrop Telescope is destroyed in a Harvard fire
1848 - James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma Calif
1861 - Arsenal at Augusta Ga seized by Confederacy
1899 - Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan
1935 - Beer 1st sold in cans Richmond Va
1965 - Sir Winston Churchill died in England
1981 - Islanders scored 5 power play goals against Nordiques
1982 - SF 49'ers win their 1st Super Bowl 26-21
1985 - 15th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 3 is launched
1986 - Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81 593 km) finds new moons


Birthdays for January the 24th:
1712 - Frederick I (The Great), King of Prussia (1740-86)
1746 - Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92)
1862 - Edith Wharton, Novelist US
1880 - Elisabeth Achelis, inventor of World Calendar
1888 - Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, built 1st rocket-powered aircraft
1917 - Ernest Borgnine, actor (Ice Station Zebra and Young Warriors)
1918 - Oral Roberts, Evangelist
1922 - Ava Gardner
1925 - Maria Tallchief, ballerina in Fairfax Ok
1927 - Paula Hawkins, (R-sen-Fla)
1941 - Neil Diamond, Jazz-Singer
1946 - Barry Bostwick, actor
1947 - Giorgio Chinaglia, soccer star (Lazio of Italy and NY Cosmos)
1949 - John Belushi, commedian and actor (Sat Night Live and Blues Brothers)
1960 - Nastassia Kinski, in Berlin Germany