January 24

Facts & Historical Events On This Day

2023

The Doomsday Clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight after new escalations in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

2016

The X-Files returned for Season 10 after a thirteen-year hiatus.

2006

Walt Disney announced it was going to buy Pixar.

1990

Japan launched its first lunar probe, Hiten, from the Uchinoura Space Center.

1986

NASA's Voyager 2 came into close contact with Uranus and captured many images that uncovered 11 new moons.

1984

Apple's Macintosh personal computer was first put on sale in the US, changing the world of computing.

1975

The world's first McDonald's drive-through was opened in Arizona.

1972

A Japanese soldier was found hiding in Guam.

1961

A B-52 bomber carrying two nuclear bombs broke up mid-air over North Carolina.

1939

Chillán earthquake killed approximately 28,000 people.

1935

The first canned beer received instant approval from customers.

1908

Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell published his manual 'Scouting for Boys.'

1839

Charles Darwin was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society for his revolutionary role in developing science.

1679

King Charles II shut down England's first Parliament, the Cavalier Parliament.

1121

King Henry I of England married his second wife, Adeliza of Louvain.