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What happend on 24. January in History
In our data base we found 299 events happened on 24. January:
• 41: Caligula, Emperor of Rome (b. 12) [category: Deaths]
• 41: Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor [category: Events]
• 76: Hadrian, Roman Emperor (d. 138) [category: Births]
• 772: Pope Stephen III (b. 720) [category: Deaths]
• 1002: Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980) [category: Deaths]
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• 1125: David IV of Georgia (b. 1073) [category: Deaths]
• 1287: Richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345) [category: Births]
• 1366: Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299) [category: Deaths]
• 1376: Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader [category: Deaths]
• 1438: The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV. [category: Events]
• 1444: Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476) [category: Births]
• 1458: Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary. [category: Events]
• 1473: Conrad Paumann, German composer [category: Deaths]
• 1540: Edmund Campion, English Jesuit (d. 1581) [category: Births]
• 1595: Ferdinand II of Austria (b. 1529) [category: Deaths]
• 1624: Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. [category: Events]
• 1626: Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580) [category: Deaths]
• 1638: Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706) [category: Births]
• 1639: Georg Jenatsch, Swiss politician (b. 1596) [category: Deaths]
• 1666: Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer (b. 1588) [category: Deaths]
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• 1670: William Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729) [category: Births]
• 1674: Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735) [category: Births]
• 1679: Christian Wolff, German philosopher (d. 1754) [category: Births]
• 1679: King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament. [category: Events]
• 1705: Farinelli, Italian castrato (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1709: Dom Bédos de Celles, Benedictine monk best known for being a master pipe organ builder (d. 1779) [category: Births]
• 1709: George Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650) [category: Deaths]
• 1712: King Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1786) [category: Births]
• 1724: Frances Brooke, English writer (d. 1789) [category: Births]
• 1732: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1742: Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn (d. 1808) [category: Births]
• 1742: Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. [category: Events]
• 1746: King Gustav III of Sweden (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1752: Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (d. 1832) [category: Births]
• 1754: Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1763: Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1769: François de Chevert, French general (b. 1695) [category: Deaths]
• 1776: E.T.A. Hoffmann, German writer (d. 1822) [category: Births]
• 1779: Tsarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1817: Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras were captured during the Action of Picheuta. [category: Events]
• 1835: Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later. [category: Events]
• 1841: Robert Williams, American archer (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1848: Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1848: California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento. [category: Events]
• 1856: Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775) [category: Deaths]
• 1857: The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully-fledged university in south Asia. [category: Events]
• 1859: Political and state union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as Domnitor in bouth Principalities. [category: Events]
• 1862: Edith Wharton, American writer (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1862: Bucharest is proclaimed capital of Romania. [category: Events]
• 1864: Marguerite Durand, French suffragette (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1872: Ethel Turner, Australian author (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1872: Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1877: Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg. [category: Events]
• 1882: Levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: Philip Schuster, American gymnast (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1883: Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1886: Henry King, American film director (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1888: Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1888: Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1891: Walter Model, German field marshal (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1895: Eugen Roth, German writer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1895: Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1900: Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-born American geneticist and biologist (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1900: Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop. [category: Events]
• 1901: Edward Turner, English motorcycle designer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1901: Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1902: E. A. Speiser, American biblical scholar (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1905: J. Howard Marshall, American billionaire (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1907: Maurice Couve de Murville, French politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1907: Tuts Washington, American R&B pianist(d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1908: The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell. [category: Events]
• 1909: Ann Todd, English actress (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1909: Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1910: Doris Haddock, American political activist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1911: Muir Mathieson, Scottish conductor and composer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1911: David Graham Phillips, American journalist and novelist (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Japanese anarchist Shūsui Kōtoku is hanged for treason in a case now considered a miscarriage of justice. [category: Events]
• 1912: Frederick Ashworth, American navy officer and weaponeer on the B-29 Bockscar (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1913: Norman Dello Joio, American composer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1915: Robert Motherwell, American painter (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1916: Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor [category: Births]
• 1916: Jack Brickhouse, American sports broadcaster (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1916: Rafael Caldera, President of Venezuela (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1916: In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional. [category: Events]
• 1917: Ernest Borgnine, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1918: Oral Roberts, American evangelist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1918: George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14(NS) [category: Events]
• 1919: Coleman Francis, American film director (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1920: Jerry Maren, American actor [category: Births]
• 1920: Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Charles Socarides, American psychiatrist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1923: Vlado Kristl, Croatian painter and filmmaker (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1924: Joe Albany, American jazz pianist [category: Births]
• 1924: Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Maria Tallchief, American ballerina [category: Births]
• 1926: Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1927: Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, British aristocrat (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1928: Desmond Morris, British anthropologist [category: Births]
• 1928: Michel Serrault, French actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1930: Bernard Matthews, British poultry industry figure (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1931: Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1932: Alfred Yarrow, English shipbuilder (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Claude Préfontaine, Canadian actor (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1934: Ann Cole, American gospel and R&B singer [category: Births]
• 1934: Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1935: Eric Ashton, English rugby league footballer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1936: Bobby Wellins, Scottish jazz saxophonist [category: Births]
• 1936: Doug Kershaw, American musician [category: Births]
• 1936: William Bogert, American actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Harry T. Morey, American actor (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Ray Stevens, American musician [category: Births]
• 1939: Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán. [category: Events]
• 1941: Aaron Neville, American singer (Neville Brothers) [category: Births]
• 1941: Neil Diamond, American singer [category: Births]
• 1942: Gary Hart, American wrestler (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1943: Peter Struck, German politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1943: Sharon Tate, American actress and Manson murder victim (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1943: Subhash Ghai, Indian director [category: Births]
• 1943: Tony Trimmer, British Formula One driver [category: Births]
• 1943: John Burns, English politician (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca. [category: Events]
• 1944: Klaus Nomi, German singer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1945: D. Todd Christofferson, American religious figure [category: Births]
• 1945: John Garamendi, American politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Haji, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1946: The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. [category: Events]
• 1947: Masashi Ozaki, Japanese golfer [category: Births]
• 1947: Michio Kaku, Japanese-born American theoretical physicist [category: Births]
• 1947: Warren Zevon, American musician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1947: Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece. [category: Events]
• 1948: Michael Des Barres, British actor and rock singer (Power Station, Silverhead, and Detective) [category: Births]
• 1948: Maria Mandel, Camp Leader at Auschwitz (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: John Belushi, American actor (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1950: Benjamin Urrutia, Ecuadorian-born American writer [category: Births]
• 1950: Daniel Auteuil, French actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Gennifer Flowers, American actress, political figure [category: Births]
• 1951: Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-born American comedian [category: Births]
• 1953: Tim Stoddard, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1954: Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1955: Jim Montgomery, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1955: Henry Potter, American golfer (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Ira Hayes, American World War II hero (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Hanne Krogh, Norwegian singer (Bobbysocks) [category: Births]
• 1956: Lounès Matoub, Algerian Berber Kabyle singer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1957: Adrian Edmondson, English comedian [category: Births]
• 1957: Mark Eaton, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1958: Jools Holland, English musician (Squeeze) [category: Births]
• 1958: Neil Allen, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1959: David Mills, American author [category: Births]
• 1959: Vic Reeves, English comedian [category: Births]
• 1960: Jack Neo, Singaporean filmmaker & actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Mária Bajzek Lukács Hungarian Slovene writer, adjunct of the University ELTE [category: Births]
• 1960: Rick Leventhal, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1960: Arthur Murray Chisholm, author of Western fiction (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1961: Guido Buchwald, German football player [category: Births]
• 1961: Nastassja Kinski, German-born actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Vince Russo, American writer [category: Births]
• 1961: William Van Dijck, Belgian athlete [category: Births]
• 1961: Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and inventor (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: 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. [category: Events]
• 1962: Argiris Kambouris, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1962: André Lhote, French painter (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Stanley Lord, captain of the SS Californian the night of the Titanic disaster (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer [category: Births]
• 1963: Martyn Grimley, English field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1965: Pagonis Vakalopoulos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Winston Churchill, soldier, politician, historian, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Nobel laureate (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Jimeoin, Northern Irish comedian [category: Births]
• 1966: Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: John Myung, American musician (Dream Theater) [category: Births]
• 1967: Mark Kozelek, American singer/songwriter (Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon) [category: Births]
• 1967: Phil LaMarr, American actor,comedian,and voice actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1968: Michael Kiske, German musician (Helloween) [category: Births]
• 1969: Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Icelandic actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Matthew Lillard, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Caresse Crosby, American poet (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Andrea Mackris, American television producer [category: Births]
• 1971: Cory Bailey, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: William Griffith "Bill" Wilson, American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Beth Hart, American singer/songwriter [category: Births]
• 1972: Daan Schuurmans, Dutch actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1972: Ulla Werbrouck, Belgian judoka and politician [category: Births]
• 1972: Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II. [category: Events]
• 1973: J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Masao Ohba, world champion Japanese boxer (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Adam Dean, American philosopher [category: Births]
• 1974: Ed Helms, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Isobel Cooper, English singer [category: Births]
• 1975: Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1976: Olga Vymetálková, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1976: Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer [category: Births]
• 1977: Kensuke Kita, Japanese guitarist (Asian Kung-Fu Generation) [category: Births]
• 1977: Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy. [category: Events]
• 1978: Kristen Schaal, American actress, writer and comedian [category: Births]
• 1978: Herta Oberheuser, German doctor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Soviet satellite Cosmos 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. [category: Events]
• 1979: Leandro Desábato, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Tom Kostopoulos, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Nicole Marie Lenz, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Rocky Boiman, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Yamandu Costa, Brazilian guitarist and composer [category: Births]
• 1980: Lil Dagover, Dutch-born German actress (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Michael Wolf, German ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1981: Travis Hanson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Fiona Xie, Singaporean actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian president and dictator (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Davide Biondini, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Diane Birch, American singer/songwriter/pianist [category: Births]
• 1983: Scott Speed, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1983: Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Wyatt Crockett, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: George Cukor, American film director (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Paulo Sérgio, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Scott Kazmir, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Witold Kiełtyka, Polish drummer (Decapitated) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1984: The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale. [category: Events]
• 1986: Michael Kightly, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Mischa Barton, English-born American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Raviv Ullman, Israeli-born American actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Vieirinha, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Flo Hyman, American volleyball player (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: L. Ron Hubbard, American writer and founder of Scientology (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Voyager 2 passes within 81,500 kilometres (50,600 mi) of Uranus. [category: Events]
• 1987: Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Jade Ewen, English singer (Sugababes) [category: Births]
• 1988: Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Calvin Goldspink, English singer and actor (S Club 8) [category: Births]
• 1989: Ki Sung-Yueng, South Korean footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Samba Diakité, Malian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: George Knudson, Canadian golfer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1990: Zuzana Zlochová, Slovak tennis player [category: Births]
• 1990: Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1991: John M. Kelly, Irish politician and academic (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Ken Darby, American composer, arranger and conductor (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara. [category: Events]
• 1994: Yves Navarre, French writer (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Callan McAuliffe, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1996: Polish Premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow. [category: Events]
• 1997: Dylan Riley Snyder, American film, television and theatre actor [category: Births]
• 1998: Walter D. Edmonds, American author (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Bobby Duncum, Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Elie Hobeika, Lebanese Forces militia commander (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Peter Gzowski, Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation. [category: Events]
• 2004: Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Chalkie White, English rugby union coach (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: June Bronhill, Australian singer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian writer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Chris Penn, American actor (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World's oldest military veteran (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian politician (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Randy Salerno, co-anchor of Chicago's CBS 2 News (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Gérard Blanc, French singer (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Kay Yow, North Carolina State Univ. women's basketball head coach (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Reg Gutteridge, British boxing journalist (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: The storm Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies. [category: Events]
• 2010: Pernell Roberts, American actor & singer, last surviving star of Bonanza (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Bernd Eichinger, German film producer and director (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Gerardo Ortega, Filipino Journalist and Environmentalist (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian Musician, Bharat Ratna Laureate (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: At least 35 died and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport. [category: Events]
• 2012: Princess Athena of Denmark [category: Births]
• 2012: James Farentino, American actor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• _: Cadoc (Wales) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Saturday of Souls can fall, while February 27 (or 28 during Leap Year) is the latest; observed 57 days before Easter. (Eastern Orthodox) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feria de Alasitas (La Paz) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: First day of the Sementivae, in honor of Ceres and Terra (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Francis de Sales [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Unification Day (Romania) [category: Holidays and observances]