Friday January 24, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from โ€œThe Extremes of Good and Evilโ€ by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras were captured during the Action of Picheuta.
The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully-fledged university in south Asia.
Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
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.
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.
An Air India Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mont Blanc, on the border between France and Italy, killing 117.
Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy.
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.
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.

Who were born on ?

Tsarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (d. 1826)
Edith Wharton, American writer (d. 1937)
Marguerite Durand, French suffragette (d. 1936)
Oral Roberts, American evangelist (d. 2009)
Neil Diamond, American singer
Michio Kaku, Japanese-born American theoretical physicist
Jimeoin, Northern Irish comedian
Matthew Lillard, American actor
Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer
Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter

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