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Born on January 24

January 24 birthdays & history

If you were born on January 24, you share a birthday with Frederick the Great, Luis Suárez and Pierre Beaumarchais. January 24 babies are Aquarius, with garnet as their birthstone and the carnation as their birth flower. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in leap years.

Famous people born on January 24

  • 1712Frederick the Great, Prussian king
  • 1987Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1732Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and financier
  • 1776E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer
  • 1862Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer
  • 1917Ernest Borgnine, American actor
  • 1947Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic
  • 1941Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1943Sharon Tate, American model and actress
  • 1961Nastassja Kinski, German-American actress and producer

What happened on January 24

  • 771Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat dedicated a 65-ton stele, the largest stone known to be quarried by the Maya civilization, at his city of Quiriguá.
  • 1458The Estates unanimously proclaimed 14-year-old Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary after being persuaded to do so by his uncle Michael Szilágyi.
  • 1848James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, leading to the California gold rush.
  • 1857The University of Calcutta was established as the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent.
  • 1859The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
  • 1916In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
  • 1918The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
  • 1933The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
  • 1935Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company starts selling the first canned beer.
  • 1986The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.
  • 1990Japan launched the Hiten spacecraft, the first lunar probe launched by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.
  • 2003The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.

Also observed on January 24

  • Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romania)
  • Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances: Feria de Alasitas (La Paz)
  • Uttar Pradesh Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)
  • National Girl Child Day (India)

Questions, answered

What star sign is January 24?

People born on January 24 are Aquarius. Their birthstone is garnet and their birth flower is the carnation.

Which famous people were born on January 24?

Frederick the Great (1712), Luis Suárez (1987), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776), Edith Wharton (1862), Ernest Borgnine (1917) were all born on January 24.

What happened on January 24 in history?

Among other things: in 1986, The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus; in 1990, Japan launched the Hiten spacecraft, the first lunar probe launched by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States; in 2003, The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.

Can I get a newspaper front page from January 24?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any January 24 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.

Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “January 24”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.