January 24
Today is
Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day.
Events
1848 – California Gold Rush:
James W. Marshall finds gold at
Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
1908 – The first
Boy Scout troop is organized in England by
Robert Baden-Powell.
1916 – In
Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal
income tax constitutional.
1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a
conference in Casablanca.
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.
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.
1972 – Japanese Sgt.
Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been
since the end of World War II.
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.
2003 – The
United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
2005 - Country singer
Lynn Anderson was arrested for shoplifting after being caught stealing a Harry Potter DVD from a New Mexico supermarket and punching a police officer during her arrest.
Births
76 – Hadrian; 1862 – Edith Wharton; 1905 – J. Howard Marshall; 1917 – Ernest Borgnine; 1918 – Oral Roberts; 1919 – Coleman Francis; 1939 – Ray Stevens♪ ♫; 1941 – Neil Diamond♪ ♫; 1941 – Aaron Neville♪ ♫; 1943 – Sharon Tate; 1946 – Michael Ontkean; 1947 – Warren Zevon♪ ♫; 1949 – John Belushi; 1951 – Yakov Smirnoff; 1958 – Jools Holland♪ ♫; 1961 – Nastassja Kinski; 1967 – Phil LaMarr; 1968 – Mary Lou Retton; 1970 – Matthew Lillard; 1974 – Ed Helms; 1979 – Nik Wallenda; 1983 – Scott Speed

; 1986 – Mischa Barton
Deaths
41 – Caligula; 1920 – Amedeo Modigliani; 1965 – Winston Churchill; 1971 – Bill W.; 1975 – Larry Fine; 1983 – George Cukor; 1986 – L. Ron Hubbard; 1986 – Gordon MacRae; 1993 – Thurgood Marshall; 2010 – Pernell Roberts; 2015 – Joe Franklin