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Today is Friday, January 24, the 24th day of 2025. There are still 341 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold clog in Sutter’s Mill in Northern California, a discovery that was the reason for the gold rush in California.
Also on this date:
In 1945, war correspondent Joseph Morton from Associated Press belonged to a group of prisoners who were executed by German soldiers in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Austria.
In 1965, Winston Churchill died in London at the age of 90.
In 1978 a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite, cosmos 954, deposited through the atmosphere of the earth and fell apart, spreading radioactive rubble over parts of northern Canada.
In 1984, Apple Computer started selling its first Macintosh model, which had a built-in 9-inch black and white screen, a clock speed of 8 MHz and 128K RAM.
In 1989 the well -known serial killer Ted Bundy was executed in the Florida electric chair.
In 2003, the former Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Ridge, was sworn as the first secretary of the new Ministry of Interior Security.
In 2011, a suicide bent attacked the busiest airport in Moscow, killing 37 people; Chechen separatists claimed responsibility.
In 2013, the Minister of Defense of President Barack Obama, Leon Panetta, announced the lifting of a ban on women who serve in battle.
In 2018, former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who had admitted that he had abused some of the best gymnasts in the country for years under the guise of medical treatment, sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison.
Today’s birthdays:
- Cajun musician Doug Kershaw is 89.
- Singer-songwriter Ray Stevens is 86.
- Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond is 84.
- Singer Aaron Neville is 84.
- Physicist Michio Kaku is 78.
- Actor Daniel Autuil is 75.
- Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 74.
- Actor William Allen Young is 71.
- Musician Jools Holland is 67.
- Actor Nastassja Kinski is 64.
- Olympic gold medal winner Mary Lou Retton is 57.
- Actor Matthew Lillard is 55.
- Musician Beth Hart is 53.
- Actor Ed Helms is 51.
- Actor-comedian Kristen scale is 47.
- Actor Tatjana Ali is 46.
- Actor Carrie Coon is 44.
- Actor Daveed Diggs is 43.
- Actor Mischa Barton is 39.
- NFL coach Sean McVay is 39.
- Footballer Luis Suárez is 38.