JANUARY 24
FAMOUS EVENTS
41 Claudius succeeds his nephew Caligula as Roman Emperor after the latter’s assassination by officers of the Praetorian Guard
1839 Charles Darwin elected Fellow of the Royal Society
1899 Rubber heel for boots or shoes patented by American Humphrey O’Sullivan
1908 Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell publishes “Scouting for Boys” as a manual for self-instruction in outdoor skills and self-improvement. The book becomes the inspiration for the Scout Movement.
1927 Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film as director – The Pleasure Garden, in England
1943 Adolf Hitler orders German troops at Stalingrad to fight to the death
1948 Australia all out 674 v India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*)
1984 Apple Computer Inc unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
76 Hadrian, Roman Emperor (117-138, builder of Hadrian’s Wall), born in Italica (d. 138)
1712 Frederick the Great, King of Prussia (1740-86), born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1786)
1862 Edith Wharton [-Jones], Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth), born in NYC, New York (d. 1937)
1969 Arnab Goswami is an Indian journalist who is the Editor in Chief and News anchor of the Indian news channel Times Now. He is an important contributor to the rise of the Times Now news channel since its launch in January 2006
1981 Riya Sen, born Riya as Dev Varma is an Indian film actress and model. Riya, who comes from a family of actors including her grandmother Suchitra Sen, mother Moon Moon Sen and sister Raima Sen, began her acting career in 1991 as a child actress in the film Vishkanya.
FAMOUS DEATHS
1961 Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American athlete, inventor, and businessman (invented the Erector Set), dies at 76
1965 Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain (C) (1940-45, 51-55) British leader during WWII dies at 90
1989 Ted Bundy, American serial killer of up to 100 women during the 1970s, executed by electric chair in Florida at 42
FAMOUS WEDDING
2004 Actress Selma Blair (31) weds producer Ahmet Zappa (29) at Carrie Fisher’s mansion in Beverly Hills, California
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