24 January
Notable Births
Countess Athena of Monpezat
b. 2012
Member of the Danish royal family (born 2012)
Johnny Orlando
b. 2003
Canadian pop singer (born 2003)
Vitalie Damașcan
b. 1999
Moldovan footballer
Niki (singer)
b. 1999
Indonesian singer-songwriter based in the United States (born 1999)
Tristan Wirfs
b. 1999
American football player (born 1999)
Zhan Beleniuk
b. 1991
Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler (born 1991)
Tatiana Kashirina
b. 1991
Russian weightlifter (born 1991)
Zack Kassian
b. 1991
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Serdar Kesimal
b. 1989
Turkish footballer
Gong Lijiao
b. 1989
Chinese Olympic shot putter
Whit Merrifield
b. 1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
José Quintana
b. 1989
Colombian baseball player (born 1989)
Ki Sung-yueng
b. 1989
South Korean footballer (born 1989)
DaJuan Summers
b. 1988
American basketball player (born 1988)
Brian Cushing
b. 1987
American football player and coach (born 1987)
Luis Suárez
b. 1987
Uruguayan footballer (born 1987)
Kia Vaughn
b. 1987
American-born Czech basketball player (born 1987)
Guan Xin
b. 1987
Chinese basketball player
Cristiano Araújo
b. 1986
Brazilian singer (1986–2015)
Mischa Barton
b. 1986
British and American actress (born 1986)
Notable Deaths
Iris Cummings
d. 2025
American swimmer and aviator (b. 1920–d. 2025)
Rosemary Bryant Mariner
d. 2019
Pioneer female US Naval Aviator (1953–2019)
Mark E. Smith
d. 2018
English singer (1957–2018)
Helena Kmieć
d. 2017
Polish missionary (1991–2017)
Butch Trucks
d. 2017
American drummer (1947–2017)
Fredrik Barth
d. 2016
Norwegian anthropologist (1928–2016)
Marvin Minsky
d. 2016
American cognitive scientist (1927–2016)
Henry Worsley (explorer)
d. 2016
British explorer and British Army officer
Otto Carius
d. 2015
German tank commander
Shulamit Aloni
d. 2014
Israeli politician (1927–2014)
Rafael Pineda Ponce
d. 2014
Honduran politician
Bernd Eichinger
d. 2011
German film producer, screenwriter, and director (1949– 2011)
Pernell Roberts
d. 2010
American actor (1928–2010)
Usha Narayanan
d. 2008
10th First Lady of India (1922 – 2008)
Krystyna Feldman
d. 2007
Polish actress (1916–2007)
İsmail Cem
d. 2007
Turkish centre-leftist politician, intellectual, writer, author (1940–2007)
Emiliano Mercado del Toro
d. 2007
Puerto Rican supercentenarian (1891–2007)
Schafik Hándal
d. 2006
Salvadoran politician and guerrilla leader (1930–2006)
Leônidas (footballer, born 1913)
d. 2004
Brazilian footballer and commentator (1913–2004)
Thurgood Marshall
d. 1993
US Supreme Court justice from 1967 to 1991
On This Day in History
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2026
At least 70 people are killed and 10 others missing after major landslides in West Java, Indonesia.
2026 West Bandung landslide
2024
An Ilyushin Il-76 crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, killing all 74 people on board.
2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash
2018
Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts.
Larry Nassar
2011
At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.
Domodedovo International Airport bombing
2009
Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
Cyclone Klaus
2003
The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
United States Department of Homeland Security
1990
Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
Hiten (spacecraft)
1988
An Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes at Nizhnevartovsk Airport, killing 27 people.
Aeroflot
1987
About 20,000 protestors march in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.
1987 Forsyth County protests
1986
The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.
Voyager 2
1978
Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
Soviet Union
1977
The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
1977 Atocha massacre
1972
Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
Shoichi Yokoi
1968
Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
Vietnam War
1966
Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc.
Air India Flight 101
1961
Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash
1960
Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
Algerian War
1946
The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
United Nations General Assembly
1943
World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1942
World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
World War II