January 24
41 - Roman emperor Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula, was murdered.
1848 - Gold was first discovered in California, in Sutter's mill. When President James K. Polk announced the news in December, it set off the California Gold Rush.
1908 - Robert Baden-Powell organized the first Boy Scout troop in England.
1943 - The Casablanca Conference concluded as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill discussed war-time strategies.
1945 - Associated Press war correspondent Joseph Morton was among a group of captives executed by the Germans at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Austria.
1965 - Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.
1972 - Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was discovered in Guam, having spent 28 years hiding in the jungle thinking World War II was still going on.
1978 - A nuclear-powered Soviet satellite, Cosmos 954, plunged through Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.
1984 - Apple Computer began selling its first Macintosh model, which boasted a built-in 9-inch monochrome display, a clock rate of 8 megahertz, and 128k of RAM for $2,495 (equivalent to $6,500 in today's dollars).
1985 - The space shuttle Discovery was launched from Cape Canaveral on the first secret, all-military shuttle mission.
1986 - The Voyager Two space probe passed within 51,000 miles of Uranus.
1989 - Serial killer Ted Bundy was executed by the state of Florida.
1993 - Thurgood Marshall, the first African American member of the United States Supreme Court, died.
2003 - The Department of Homeland Security, under Tom Ridge, officially became a Cabinet-level department in the George W. Bush administration.
2011 - A suicide bomber attacked Moscow’s busiest airport, killing 37 people; Chechen separatists claimed responsibility.
2013 - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the lifting of a ban on women serving in combat.
2018 - Scientists in China announced that they had used the cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep to create healthy monkeys; it was the first such achievement in primates.
2022 - The Pentagon ordered 8,500 troops on higher alert to potentially deploy to Europe as part of a NATO “response force” amid growing concern that Russia could soon make a military move on Ukraine.
Birthdays
37 - Mischa Barton (actress)
39 - Justin Baldoni (actor)
41 - Daveed Diggs (actor)
42 - Carrie Coon (actress)
44 - Tatyana Ali (actress)
45 - Christina Moses (actress)
45 - Kristen Schaal (actress)
45 - Mark Hildreth (actor)
49 - Ed Helms (actor)
51 - Beth Hart (singer)
52 - Merrilee McCommas (actress)
53 - Matthew Lillard (actor)
55 - Mary Lou Retton (gymnast)
56 - Phil LaMarr (comedian)
69 - William Allen Young (actor)
72 - Yakov Smirnoff (comedian)
73 - Danel Auteuil (actor)
77 - Michael Ontkean (actor)
82 - Aaron Neville (singer)
82 - Neil Diamond (singer)
84 - Ray Stevens (singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 24
1939 - Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler and George Sisler are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1947 - NFL owners voted to allow a sudden-death overtime in playoff games. The rule wasn't used until 1958. The owners also approved the addition of a fifth official (back judge).
1955 - The rules committee of major league baseball announced a plan to strictly enforce the rule that required a pitcher to release the ball within 20 seconds after taking his position on the mound.
1962 - Jackie Robinson and Bob Feller are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1964 - CBS-TV acquired the rights to televise the National Football League’s 1964-1965 regular season. The move cost CBS $14.1 million a year. The NFL stayed on CBS for 30 years.
1973 - Warren Spahn is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1981 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) tied Maurice "Rocket" Richard's record of 50 goals in first 50 games of the season.
1982 - The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21 to win Super Bowl XVI.
1990 - Pat Riley becomes the 13th and fastest coach to reach the 500-victory plateau as his Los Angeles Lakers down the Indiana Pacers, 120-111; Riley (500-184) surpasses Don Nelson (500-317) to reach milestone
1999 - David Duval records a 59 in the final round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic to become just the third golfer in PGA Tour history to fire a sub-60 round.
2006 - Mario Lemieux retired from playing in the NHL for the last time. He had previously retired and came back from cancer, a heart problem, agonizing back pain, a rare bone infection, a self-imposed one-season layoff and, five years earlier, from the boredom of retirement.
2013 - New Orleans Hornets owner Tom Benson announced he was changing his team’s nickname to the Pelicans for the start of next season.
2018 - Former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who had admitted molesting some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years under the guise of medical treatment, was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison.
2018 - Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Vladimir Guerrero and Trevor Hoffman were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2020 - Fifteen-year-old Coco Gauff upset defending champion Naomi Osaka in the third round of the Australian Open.
41 - Roman emperor Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula, was murdered.
1848 - Gold was first discovered in California, in Sutter's mill. When President James K. Polk announced the news in December, it set off the California Gold Rush.
1908 - Robert Baden-Powell organized the first Boy Scout troop in England.
1943 - The Casablanca Conference concluded as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill discussed war-time strategies.
1945 - Associated Press war correspondent Joseph Morton was among a group of captives executed by the Germans at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Austria.
1965 - Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.
1972 - Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was discovered in Guam, having spent 28 years hiding in the jungle thinking World War II was still going on.
1978 - A nuclear-powered Soviet satellite, Cosmos 954, plunged through Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.
1984 - Apple Computer began selling its first Macintosh model, which boasted a built-in 9-inch monochrome display, a clock rate of 8 megahertz, and 128k of RAM for $2,495 (equivalent to $6,500 in today's dollars).
1985 - The space shuttle Discovery was launched from Cape Canaveral on the first secret, all-military shuttle mission.
1986 - The Voyager Two space probe passed within 51,000 miles of Uranus.
1989 - Serial killer Ted Bundy was executed by the state of Florida.
1993 - Thurgood Marshall, the first African American member of the United States Supreme Court, died.
2003 - The Department of Homeland Security, under Tom Ridge, officially became a Cabinet-level department in the George W. Bush administration.
2011 - A suicide bomber attacked Moscow’s busiest airport, killing 37 people; Chechen separatists claimed responsibility.
2013 - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the lifting of a ban on women serving in combat.
2018 - Scientists in China announced that they had used the cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep to create healthy monkeys; it was the first such achievement in primates.
2022 - The Pentagon ordered 8,500 troops on higher alert to potentially deploy to Europe as part of a NATO “response force” amid growing concern that Russia could soon make a military move on Ukraine.
Birthdays
37 - Mischa Barton (actress)
39 - Justin Baldoni (actor)
41 - Daveed Diggs (actor)
42 - Carrie Coon (actress)
44 - Tatyana Ali (actress)
45 - Christina Moses (actress)
45 - Kristen Schaal (actress)
45 - Mark Hildreth (actor)
49 - Ed Helms (actor)
51 - Beth Hart (singer)
52 - Merrilee McCommas (actress)
53 - Matthew Lillard (actor)
55 - Mary Lou Retton (gymnast)
56 - Phil LaMarr (comedian)
69 - William Allen Young (actor)
72 - Yakov Smirnoff (comedian)
73 - Danel Auteuil (actor)
77 - Michael Ontkean (actor)
82 - Aaron Neville (singer)
82 - Neil Diamond (singer)
84 - Ray Stevens (singer)
===============================
Today in Sports History - January 24
1939 - Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler and George Sisler are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1947 - NFL owners voted to allow a sudden-death overtime in playoff games. The rule wasn't used until 1958. The owners also approved the addition of a fifth official (back judge).
1955 - The rules committee of major league baseball announced a plan to strictly enforce the rule that required a pitcher to release the ball within 20 seconds after taking his position on the mound.
1962 - Jackie Robinson and Bob Feller are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1964 - CBS-TV acquired the rights to televise the National Football League’s 1964-1965 regular season. The move cost CBS $14.1 million a year. The NFL stayed on CBS for 30 years.
1973 - Warren Spahn is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1981 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) tied Maurice "Rocket" Richard's record of 50 goals in first 50 games of the season.
1982 - The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21 to win Super Bowl XVI.
1990 - Pat Riley becomes the 13th and fastest coach to reach the 500-victory plateau as his Los Angeles Lakers down the Indiana Pacers, 120-111; Riley (500-184) surpasses Don Nelson (500-317) to reach milestone
1999 - David Duval records a 59 in the final round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic to become just the third golfer in PGA Tour history to fire a sub-60 round.
2006 - Mario Lemieux retired from playing in the NHL for the last time. He had previously retired and came back from cancer, a heart problem, agonizing back pain, a rare bone infection, a self-imposed one-season layoff and, five years earlier, from the boredom of retirement.
2013 - New Orleans Hornets owner Tom Benson announced he was changing his team’s nickname to the Pelicans for the start of next season.
2018 - Former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who had admitted molesting some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years under the guise of medical treatment, was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison.
2018 - Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Vladimir Guerrero and Trevor Hoffman were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2020 - Fifteen-year-old Coco Gauff upset defending champion Naomi Osaka in the third round of the Australian Open.
