Wednesday January 24, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

January 24: Day of the Week

January 24, 2024 was the 24th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 342 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

January 24 Historical Event(s)

1859
Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.
1878
The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
1916
In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
1947
Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
1966
An Air India Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mont Blanc, on the border between France and Italy, killing 117.
1984
The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
1986
Voyager 2 passes within 81500 km of Uranus.
1993
Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
1996
Polish Premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.
2001
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on January 24?

1752
Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (d. 1832)
1754
Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (d. 1820)
1888
Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer (d. 1958)
1909
Ann Todd, English actress (d. 1993)
1947
Warren Zevon, American musician (d. 2003)
1959
David Mills, American author
1960
Jack Neo, Singaporean filmmaker & actor
1962
Argiris Kambouris, Greek basketball player
1979
Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
1984
Witold Kiełtyka, Polish drummer (Decapitated) (d. 2007)

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