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Praetorian Guard proclaims Claudius emperor

On 24 January AD 41, following Caligula’s assassination in Rome, the Praetorian Guard proclaimed Claudius emperor and took him to its camp for protection. Rome is in present-day Italy.

Italy

Caligula assassinated in Rome

On 24 January AD 41, the Roman emperor Caligula was assassinated in Rome by conspirators including the Praetorian tribunes Cassius Chaerea and Cornelius Sabinus. Rome is in present-day Italy.

Italy

Siege of Enna

The siege of Enna or Castrogiovanni was launched by the Aghlabids against the important Byzantine city of Enna in 859. The Aghlabid forces managed to capture the city.

Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915)

The first Fatimid invasion of Egypt occurred in 914–915, soon after the establishment of the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya in 909. The Fatimids launched an expedition east, against the Abbasid Caliphate, under the Berber General Habasa ibn Yusuf. Habasa succeeded in subduing the cities on the Cyrenaican coast between Ifriqiya and Egypt, and captured Alexandria. The Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, then arrived to take over the campaign.

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Libya · Egypt

Siege of Aleppo (1260)

The siege of Aleppo was a major military engagement during the Mongol invasions of the Levant, lasting from 18 January to 24 January 1260. The Mongol army under Hulagu Khan, supported by forces from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and the Principality of Antioch, besieged the Ayyubid-held city after crossing the Euphrates and capturing nearby settlements.

Syria

Battle of Arbroath

The Battle of Arbroath was fought on Sunday, 24 January 1446 at Arbroath in Scotland between rival claimants to the post of Baillie of the Regality.

Scotland, United Kingdom

Matthias Corvinus elected king of Hungary

On 24 January 1458, the Hungarian Diet proclaimed the fourteen-year-old Matthias Corvinus king. His uncle was elected regent, although Matthias soon took effective control of government.

Hungary

Battle of Zasław (1491)

The Battle of Zasław (Polish: Bitwa pod Zasławem) took place near the village of Iziaslav, on 24 January 1491, during the Polish–Ottoman War. It was fought by the armies of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland led by Mikołaj Chodecki, and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led by Semyon Olshanski, against the forces of the Crimean Khanate. It was won by the Polish and Lithuanian sides.

Henry VIII injured in a jousting accident

On 24 January 1536, King Henry VIII of England was injured in a jousting accident. The accident reopened and worsened an earlier leg wound, which proved difficult to treat. Claims about its effects on his later behavior are historical interpretations, not a confirmed diagnosis.

United Kingdom

Battle of Muraki Castle

The Battle of Muraki Castle (January 24, 1554) was one of the first victories of the young Oda Nobunaga in his struggle to unite the province of Owari against the powerful Imagawa Yoshimoto, whose army had invaded the eastern parts of Owari.

Japan

Battle of Byczyna

The Battle of Byczyna or Battle of Pitschen (German: Pitschen; Polish: Byczyna) was the deciding battle of the 1587–1588 War of the Polish Succession, which erupted after two rival candidates were elected to the Polish throne. Both sides had rough parity in forces, with armies about 6,000 strong, divided roughly into half infantry and half cavalry. The battle was an overwhelming victory of the Polish-Swedish faction, led by the Swedish-born king-elect Sigismund III Vasa, over the army of his rival to the throne, Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria.

Byczyna, Poland

War of the Polish Succession (1587–1588)

The War of the Polish Succession or the Habsburg–Polish War took place from 1587 to 1588 over the election of the successor to the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Stephen Báthory. The war was fought between factions of Sigismund III Vasa and Maximilian III, with Sigismund eventually being crowned.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Battle of Turnhout (1597)

The Battle of Turnhout was a military engagement which took place on 24 January 1597 in the border area between the Northern and Southern Netherlands at Turnhout during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604). Though the town had not been walled, Turnhout was an important strategic town. On 24 January 1597 on the Tielenheide (this battle is also called 'The battle on Tielenheide') in a neighbouring village (Tielen), Dutch cavalry under command of Prince Maurice met and defeated a Spanish cavalry detachment under Varax.

Belgium

Parliament of Boroa

In the history of colonial Chile, the Parliament of Boroa (Spanish: Parlamento de Boroa) was a diplomatic meeting held on January 24, 1651, between various Mapuche groups and Spanish authorities held in the fields of Boroa. The parliament was attended by the Governor of Chile, Antonio Acuña Cabrera, who travelled to Boroa incognito from the fortress of Nacimiento in the north accompanied only by six men.

King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament

The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. It is the second longest-lasting English Parliament, behind the Long Parliament, and sat longer than any Great British or UK Parliament to date, enduring for nearly 18 years of the quarter-century reign of Charles II of England.

Raid on York (1692)

The Raid on York (also known as the Candlemas Massacre) took place on 24 January 1692 during King William's War, when Chief Madockawando and Father Louis-Pierre Thury led 200-300 natives into the town of York (then in the District of Maine and part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, now in the state of Maine), killing about 100 of the English settlers and burning down buildings, taking another estimated 80 villagers hostage.

1742 imperial election

The imperial election of 1742 was an imperial election held to select the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. It took place in Frankfurt on 24 January. The result was the election of Charles Albert of Bavaria, the first non-Habsburg emperor in three hundred years.

Accession of Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles VII (6 August 1697 – 20 January 1745) was elector of Bavaria from 26 February 1726 and Holy Roman Emperor from 24 January 1742 to his death on 20 January 1745. He was also King of Bohemia (as Charles Albert) from 1741 to 1743.

Dagohoy rebellion

The Dagohoy rebellion, also known as the Dagohoy revolution and the Dagohoy revolt, is considered as the longest rebellion in Philippine history. Led by Francisco Dagohoy, or Francisco Sendrijas, the rebellion took place on the island of Bohol from 1744 to 1829, lasting for roughly 85 years. It was one of two significant revolts that occurred in Bohol during the Spanish era.

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Battle of Bobbili

The Battle of Bobbili, comprising the attack on the fort of Bobbili on 24 January 1757, was a significant event in the princely state of Vizianagaram (present day Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh). Gen. Tandra Paparayudu gained the sobriquet The Tiger of Bobbili for his fierce, ultimately hopeless resistance, and final vengeance.

1797 United States Senate election in New York

The 1797 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 24, 1797, by the New York State Legislature to elect a U.S. senator (Class 1) to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate. Incumbent Senator Aaron Burr's name was not placed into nomination for a second term. Former Senator Philip Schuyler was elected.

United States

Gatton by-election, 1803

The Gatton by-election, 1803 was a by-election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom that took place on 24 January 1803. The parliamentary borough of Gatton was a notorious "rotten" or pocket borough "in the pocket" of the Lord of the Manor of Gatton, who at that time was Sir Mark Wood. It had, at most, seven voters - all tenants of Wood. At the 1802 general election, "Wood returned himself and his brother-in-law (James) Dashwood". Both were members of William Pitt the Younger's faction of the Tory Party.

United Kingdom

Battle of Altafulla

At the Battle of Altafulla (24 January 1812), a Spanish division led by Joaquín Ibáñez Cuevas y de Valonga, Baron de Eroles clashed with an Imperial French division under the command of David-Maurice-Joseph Mathieu de La Redorte. Believing he faced only a single battalion, Eroles attacked in a heavy fog and was beaten by 8,000 French soldiers. The action occurred during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle was fought near Altafulla, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Tarragona, Spain.

Altafulla, Spain

First Battle of Bar-sur-Aube

The First Battle of Bar-sur-Aube (24 January 1814) was fought during the War of the Sixth Coalition when Marshal Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise's corps of French Imperial Guards defended against an Austrians corps under Ignaz Gyulai and a Württemberger corps led by Crown Prince Frederick William of Württemberg. After holding his main defensive positions in stiff fighting, Mortier withdrew his elite troops during the night and retreated to Troyes. Bar-sur-Aube is located 53 kilometres (33 mi) east of Troyes. The 1814 Campaign opened with an invasion of eastern France by the main Coalition army led by Austrian Field Marshal Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg and a second army led by Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.

Bar-sur-Aube, France

Action of Picheuta

In the Spanish American Wars of Independence, the action of Picheuta was a military engagement that took place on January 24, 1817, during the Crossing of the Andes. The column led by Juan Gregorio de las Heras was still crossing the mountain range, being 50 kilometers away from the Uspallata Pass.

First Battle of Mora

The First Battle of Mora was part of the Taos Revolt of the Mexican–American War, between United States Army troops under Captain Israel R. Hendley, versus a militia of Hispanos (acting as Mexican nationals) and Puebloan allies in US-occupied northern New Mexico. The short skirmish took place on January 24, 1847, in and around the village of Mora, resulting in a US Army defeat and the death of Hendley and several of his men.

New Mexico, United States

Battle of Cañada

The Battle of Cañada was a popular insurrection against the American occupation of New Mexico by Mexicans and Pueblo Indians. It took place on January 24, 1847, during the Taos Revolt, a conflict of the Mexican–American War.

Battle of Sabana Larga

The Battle of Sabana Larga (Spanish: Batalla de Sabana Larga) was a major battle during the years after the Dominican War of Independence. It was fought on 24 January 1856 in Sabana Larga, Dajabón. A force of 8,000 Dominican troops of the Army of the North, led by General Juan Luis Franco Bidó, defeated a numerically larger force of 22,000 Haitian troops under Emperor Faustin I.

The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia

The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (CU), is a public state research university located in Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, in West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate colleges and 16 institutes in Kolkata and nearby areas. It was established on 24 January 1857 and is the oldest multidisciplinary university of the Indian Subcontinent and the Southeast Asian Region.

Maltese general election, 1860

General elections were held in Malta on 24 January 1860.

Malta

Zungwini Mountain skirmishes

The Zungwini Mountain skirmishes took place on 20, 22 and 24 January 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War. The mountain was a stronghold of the AbaQulusi Zulu tribe, who were reinforced by the forces of exiled Swazi prince Mbilini waMswati. The mountain lay near the proposed route of advance of a British column under Lieutenant-Colonel Evelyn Wood, one of three that marched on the Zulu capital, Ulundi, from early January.

Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889

The Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889 was an undeclared war between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ethiopian Empire occurring during the Italian colonization of Eritrea, then a province of the Ethiopian Empire under the name of Mereb Melash. The conflict ended with the treaty of Wuchale, which delimited the border between Ethiopia and Italian Eritrea. The treaty also contained clauses whose different interpretations led to another Italo-Ethiopian War.

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Eritrea

1895 Boorowa colonial by-election

A by-election for the seat of Boorowa in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 24 January 1895 because Thomas Slattery (Protectionist) resigned to concentrate on his legal practice.

Cry of Tarlac

The Cry of Tarlac (Filipino: Sigaw sa Tarlac, Spanish: Gritos de Tarlac) was an uprising led by General Francisco Macabulos in La Paz, Tarlac in January 1897. Although the province of Tarlac was already classified to be in a state of rebellion even before the uprising, major hostilities unfolded after the cry.

Battle of Spion Kop

The Battle of Spion Kop (Dutch: Slag bij Spionkop; Afrikaans: Slag van Spioenkop) was a military engagement between British forces and two Boer Republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, during the campaign by the British to relieve the besieged city Ladysmith during the initial months of the Second Boer War.

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South Africa

1902 Hampstead by-election

The 1902 Hampstead by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 24 January 1902. The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

United Kingdom

Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)

The Battle of Dogger Bank (24 January 1915) was a naval engagement during the First World War near the Dogger Bank in the North Sea, between squadrons of the British Grand Fleet and the Kaiserliche Marine (High Seas Fleet). The British had intercepted and decoded German wireless transmissions, gaining advance knowledge that a German raiding squadron was heading for the Dogger Bank.

Battle of Jarrab

The Battle of Jarrab was a territorial battle between the Al Saud and their traditional enemies, the Al Rashid on 24 January 1915. It was a proxy battle of World War I and the Second Saud-Rashidi War between the British-supported Saudis and the Ottoman-supported Rashidis. Rashidi forces led by young Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid defeated the forces of Ibn Saud.

Battle of Rafajlowa

The Battle of Rafajlowa took place in the night of January 23–24, 1915, during World War I. The 2nd Brigade, Polish Legions, which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Army repelled a night raid of the Russian Imperial Army, which was aimed at blocking all passes through Gorgany mountain range in Eastern Carpathians. The battle took place in the village of Rafajlowa, Austrian Galicia (now the village is called Bystrytsia, and belongs to Ukraine).

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Ukraine

Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.

Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., 240 U.S. 1 (1916), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the validity of a tax statute called the Revenue Act of 1913, also known as the Tariff Act, Ch. 16, 38 Stat. 166 (October 3, 1913), enacted pursuant to Article I, section 8, clause 1 of, and the Sixteenth Amendment to, the United States Constitution, which did not confer any new powers of taxation.

This entry records the decision, as dated in the source infobox.

Capture of Wejh

The capture of Wejh (modern-day Al Wajh, Saudi Arabia) took place on 23–24 January 1917 when British-led Arab forces landed by sea and, with the support of naval bombardments, defeated the Ottoman garrison. The attack was intended to threaten the flanks of an Ottoman advance from their garrison in Medina to Mecca, which had been captured by Arab forces in 1916.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Irish general election, 1933

The Irish general election of 1933 was held on 24 January 1933. The newly elected members of the 8th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 8 February when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed. Fianna Fáil retained power, though fell one seat short of an overall majority. The general election took place in 30 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Irish Free State for 153 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.

Ireland

First battle of Tembien

The first battle of Tembien was fought on the northern front of what was known as the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. This battle consisted of attacks and counterattacks by Italian forces under Marshal Pietro Badoglio and Ethiopian forces under Ras Kassa Haile Darge. This battle was primarily fought around Worsege Pass (Italian: Passo Uarieu also translated as the Warieu Pass) in what was then the Tembien Province of Ethiopia.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Ethiopia

Albert Sarraut begins his second ministry

On 24 January 1936, Albert Sarraut began his second term as prime minister of France. His second ministry lasted until June 4, 1936.

France

1939 Chillán earthquake

The 1939 Chillán earthquake occurred in south-central Chile on 24 January with a surface-wave magnitude of 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). With a death toll of around 28,000, compared to the 2,231–6,000 (official estimates vary greatly) of the Great Chilean earthquake of 1960, it is the single deadliest earthquake in Chile.

This entry records the local date, as dated in the source infobox.

Chile

Action at Mechili

The action at Mechili was an engagement between units of the British 7th Armoured Division of the Western Desert Force and Italian forces of the 10th Army during Operation Compass. The Italian Army redeemed itself from the campaign's previous disastrous fiascoes. The previous British advantages in reconnaissance, maneuver, and artillery support were greatly reduced due to the British supply shortages in fuel and artillery ammunition, the battle field was now hilly and broken terrain, and they had not yet set up forward air fields.

Libya

Battle of Kendari

The Battle of Kendari took place on 24 January 1942 as part of the Japanese offensive in the Dutch East Indies. The airfield Kendari II at Kendari became an essential target for Japanese forces for its strategic location and infrastructure quality. Encountering little to no resistance, Japanese troops managed to capture the airfield in one day, as the Dutch defenders were already in retreat inland.

Operation Cartoon

Operation Cartoon was a British Commando raid on the island of Stord near Leirvik in Hordaland, Norway over the night of the 23rd and 24 January 1943. The operation was carried out by fifty-three men of No. 12 Commando supported by ten men from the Norwegian 10 (IA) Commando under the command of Captain Harald Risnes (1914-1967).

Norway

New Orleans mayoral election, 1950

The New Orleans mayoral election of 1950 was held on January 24, 1950. It resulted in the re-election of deLesseps Morrison to his second term as Mayor of New Orleans. Like most Southern states between Reconstruction and the civil rights era, Louisiana's Republican Party was virtually nonexistent in terms of electoral support. This meant that the city's Democratic primary was the real contest for mayor. Incumbent mayor deLesseps Morrison was backed by labor unions, the major newspapers, and black New Orleanians, but he also publicly maintained his support for segregation on the campaign trail.

New Orleans, United States

1950 Indian presidential election

Elections for the post of the first president of India were to be held on 24 January 1950. There was only one nominee for the post, Rajendra Prasad and he was elected, unopposed, as the President.

India

1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash

The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash was an accident that occurred in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on January 24, 1961. A B-52 Stratofortress carrying two Mark 39 nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. The pilot in command ordered the crew to eject at 9,000 feet (2,700 m). Five men successfully ejected or bailed out of the aircraft and landed safely. Another ejected but did not survive the landing, and two died in the crash. Information newly declassified in 2013 showed that one of the bombs came very close to detonating.

North Carolina, United States

Air India Flight 101

Air India Flight 101 was a scheduled Air India passenger flight from Bombay to London that accidentally flew into Mont Blanc in France on the morning of 24 January 1966. The accident was caused by a misunderstood verbal instruction from the radar controller to the pilot in lieu of VOR data, one of the receivers being out of service.

France

Battle of Ban Houei Sane

The Battle of Ban Houei Sane took place during the Vietnam War, beginning on the night of 23 January 1968, when the 24th Regiment of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 304th Division overran the small Royal Lao Army outpost at Ban Houei Sane. The fighting at Ban Houei Sane was one in a series of battles fought between North Vietnamese and Allied forces during the Tet Offensive.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Laos

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong

Operation Coburg (24 January − 1 March 1968) was an Australian and New Zealand military action during the Vietnam War. The operation saw heavy fighting between the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) forces during the wider fighting around Long Binh and Bien Hoa.

1972 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses

The 1972 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses were held on January 24, 1972, as the first step in determining the Democratic nominee for the 1972 election. Maine Senator Edmund Muskie received the most committed votes with 35.5%, while South Dakota Senator George McGovern, who had been trailing in most polls, came in a surprise second with 22.6%.

Iowa, United States

1972 Sharjawi coup d'état attempt

In 1972, shortly after the formation of the United Arab Emirates, the former sheikh of Sharjah, Saqr Al Qasimi, attempted to regain control over the emirate from his cousin Khalid bin Muhammad Al Qasimi. Although Saqr was able to secure the emirate's palace, and kill Khalid, an intervention by the UAE's Union Defence Force besieged Saqr and eventually forced his surrender.

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Shoichi Yokoi found in Guam

On 24 January 1972, two local men found Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi near Talofofo in Guam. He had remained in hiding almost twenty-eight years after US forces regained control of the island in 1944.

Guam

1974 Bangladeshi presidential election

The first indirect presidential election was held on 24 January 1974. This was the first and last presidential election under a parliamentary system before the presidential system was introduced in January 1975. Mohammad Mohammadullah was elected as the president by the National Assembly without any voting since there were no other candidates. Mohammad Mohammadullah was sworn in at Bangabhaban on 27 January 1974.

Bangladesh

1977 Massacre of Atocha

The 1977 Massacre of Atocha, a part of neofascist terrorism in Spain, was an attack during the Spanish transition to democracy after the death of Franco in 1975, killing five and injuring four. It was committed on January 24, 1977, in an office located on 55 Atocha Street near the Atocha railway station in Madrid, where specialists in labour law, members of the Workers' Commissions trade union (CCOO), and of the then-clandestine Communist Party of Spain (PCE), had gathered. The next day, the massacre was defended by a group calling itself Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista (literally The Apostolic Anticommunist Alliance, abbreviated Triple A or AAA).

Spain

South Yemeni crisis ends

Sources date the South Yemeni crisis to 13–24 January 1986. The short civil war between rival factions of the Yemeni Socialist Party, in what is now Yemen, ended with the defeat of Ali Nasir Muhammad’s faction.

This entry follows the source’s listed end date; it does not date every political consequence to January 24.

Yemen

Bunkhouse Stampede (1988)

Bunkhouse Stampede 1988 was the third professional wrestling Bunkhouse Stampede event produced by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner and it was the only Bunkhouse Stampede event to air as a pay-per-view (PPV) event. The event took place on January 24, 1988 from the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The main event was a Steel Cage Bunkhouse Stampede, which was won by Dusty Rhodes. The undercard featured Ric Flair versus Road Warrior Hawk for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, Barry Windham versus Larry Zbyzsko for the NWA Western States Heritage Championship and Nikita Koloff versus Bobby Eaton for the NWA World Television Championship.

Uniondale, New York, United States

Royal Rumble (1988)

The 1988 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling television special produced by the American promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the inaugural Royal Rumble event and took place on January 24, 1988, at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The event aired live on the USA Network on the same night as Jim Crockett Promotions's Bunkhouse Stampede pay-per-view (PPV) event.

Canada

Aeroflot Yak-40 crashes near Nizhnevartovsk

On January 24, 1988, an Aeroflot Yak-40 crashed after takeoff near Nizhnevartovsk Airport, in present-day Russia. Twenty-seven of the thirty-one people on board died, and four passengers survived. The exact cause of the loss of engine power was not established with certainty.

Russia

1989 attack on La Tablada barracks

The 1989 Attack on La Tablada barracks also known as the Battle of La Tablada occurred on 23 and 24 January 1989 when 40 members of Movimiento Todos por la Patria (MTP) attacked the military barracks in La Tablada, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. 39 people were killed and 60 injured by the time the Argentine army retook the barracks.

Argentina

Japan launched the Hiten spacecraft (pictured), the first lunar probe launched by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States

The Hiten spacecraft (ひてん, Japanese pronunciation: [çiteɴ]), given the English name Celestial Maiden and known before launch as MUSES-A (Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft A), part of the MUSES Program, was built by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of Japan and launched on January 24, 1990.

Attack on Ras Tanura

The attack on Ras Tanura was an attempted aerial bombing of the Ras Tanura oil production facility in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. Employing Dassault Mirage F1 fighters loaded with incendiary bombs, and two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23s as fighter cover, Iraq intended to demonstrate to the coalition that it was capable of offensive air actions.

Saudi Arabia

Mauritanian presidential election, 1992

Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 24 January 1992. They followed the constitutional referendum the previous year that resulted in the reintroduction of multi-party democracy, and were the first presidential elections to feature more than one candidate. The result was a victory for incumbent President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of the Democratic and Social Republican Party, who defeated three other candidates with 62.7% of the vote.

Mauritania

Royal Rumble (1993)

The 1993 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the sixth annual Royal Rumble event and took place on January 24, 1993, at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. It centered on the men's Royal Rumble match, a modified 30-man battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time.

California, United States

Souled Out (1998)

Souled Out (1998) was the second Souled Out professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and sponsored by Snickers. The event took place on January 24, 1998 from the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio. Unlike the previous year's event, this year's event was billed as a joint production by WCW and the nWo (in storyline) and the pay-per-view events until the following year's Uncensored were jointly produced by WCW and the nWo.

Ohio, United States

Royal Rumble (1999)

Royal Rumble (1999) was the twelfth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on January 24, 1999, at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Anaheim, California. The title of the event was taken from a promise by Mr. McMahon that the first entrant in the Royal Rumble, Stone Cold Steve Austin, had "no chance in hell" of winning the match. The theme song for the event, based on the phrase, would go on to become the entrance music for McMahon's stable The Corporation and later, just McMahon himself, which he uses to this day.

Anaheim, California, United States

Croatian presidential election, 2000

Presidential elections were held in Croatia on 24 January 2000. They were the third presidential elections since independence in 1991, and were also the first early presidential elections, as they were held due to the death of incumbent president Franjo Tuđman on 10 December 1999. As no candidate passed the 50% threshold, a second round was held on 7 February, the first time a second round had been required in the country's history. The result was a victory for Stjepan Mesić of the Croatian People's Party, who received 56% of the vote. Voter turnout was 63.0% in the first round and 60.9% in the second round.

Croatia

2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses

The 2000 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses took place on January 24, 2000. The Iowa Republican caucuses are an unofficial primary, with the delegates to the state convention selected proportionally via a straw poll. The Iowa caucuses marked the traditional formal start of the delegate selection process for the 2000 United States presidential election.

Iowa, United States

2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses

The 2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses occurred on January 24, and was the state caucuses of the Iowa Democratic Party. It was the first election for the Democrats of the 2000 presidential election.

United States

Affliction: Day of Reckoning

Affliction: Day of Reckoning was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Affliction Entertainment on January 24, 2009, in Anaheim, California at the Honda Center. It was originally scheduled for October 11, 2008, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada with a different fight card.

Anaheim, California, United States

Domodedovo International Airport bombing

The Domodedovo International Airport bombing was a suicide bombing in the international arrival hall of Moscow Domodedovo Airport, in Domodedovsky District, Moscow Oblast, on 24 January 2011. The bombing killed 37 people and injured 173 others, including 86 who had to be hospitalised. Of the casualties, 31 died at the scene, three later in hospitals, one en route to a hospital, one on 2 February after having been put in a coma, and another on 24 February after being hospitalised in grave condition.

2015 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election

The Green Party (SZ) leadership election of 2015 was held on 24 January 2015. Jana Drápalová became the first female leader of the Party, by defeating Petr Štěpánek and Tomáš Schejbal.

Czechia

2015 Kor Royal Cup

The 2015 Kor Royal Cup was the 80th Kor Royal Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Thai Premier League and Thai FA Cup competitions. The match was played at Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, on 24 January 2015, and contested by 2014 Thai Premier League champions Buriram United, and Bangkok Glass as the winner of the 2014 Thai FA Cup.

Bangkok, Thailand

UFC on Fox: Gustafsson vs. Johnson

UFC on Fox: Gustafsson vs. Johnson (also known as UFC on Fox 14) was a mixed martial arts event held on January 24, 2015, at the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.

Chelsea F.C. 2–4 Bradford City A.F.C.

The 2014–15 FA Cup fourth round match between Chelsea and Bradford City was played on 24 January 2015 at Stamford Bridge in West London. The match is considered not only one of the biggest FA Cup upsets in history, but also one of the most dramatic comebacks in the history of the competition, with Bradford City winning 4–2 away, despite being 2–0 down after 38 minutes.

United Kingdom

Portuguese presidential election, 2016

A Portuguese presidential election was held on 24 January 2016. This election chose the successor to the President Aníbal Cavaco Silva, who was constitutionally not allowed to run for a third consecutive term. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the candidate supported by the PSD, CDS-PP and PPM, won the election on the first round with 52% of the vote. Marcelo also won in every single district in the country and only lost a few municipalities in the south of the country. Turnout was higher than that of the 2011 election, but reached a record low in a presidential election with no incumbents as only 48.66% of the electorate cast a ballot.

Portugal

Royal Rumble (2016)

The 2016 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 29th annual Royal Rumble event and took place on January 24, 2016, at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. This was the fifth Royal Rumble event to be held in the U.S. state of Florida, after the 1990, 1991, 1995, and 2006 events, and the second in Orlando (after 1990), and it was WWE's first PPV and livestreaming event to be held at the Amway Center.

Florida, United States

Larry Nassar sentenced in Ingham County

On January 24, 2018, Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison in Michigan, United States, after pleading guilty to seven counts of sexual assault in Ingham County. This was separate from his federal sentence and the later Eaton County sentencing.

United States of America

La Noche de Mr. Niebla

La Noche de Mr. Niebla (Spanish for "Mr. Niebla Night") was a major professional wrestling supercard show, produced and scripted by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The Sin Piedad show took place on January 24, 2020, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico, CMLL's main venue. The event was in homage of Mr. Niebla, a long time CMLL wrestler who died on December 23, 2019.

Mexico City, Mexico

NWA Hard Times (2020)

Hard Times (2020) (stylized as Hard × Times) was the first Hard Times professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It took place on January 24, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, at the GPB Studios. The show featured a tournament to crown a new NWA World Television Champion, which was won by Ricky Starks.

Atlanta, United States · Georgia, United States

2021 Portuguese presidential election

A presidential election was held in Portugal on 24 January 2021. The incumbent President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, was reelected for a second term. The elections were held during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Portugal was under a lockdown as of election day. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was reelected by a landslide, winning 60.7 percent of the votes.

Portugal

UFC 257

UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 24, 2021 at the Etihad Arena on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Boulikessi and Mondoro attacks

On January 24, 2021, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) launched simultaneous attacks on Malian troops stationed in the towns of Boulikessi and Mondoro, Mali. The Malian forces, combined with French weapons from Operation Barkhane, repulsed the JNIM attacks from both towns.

Mali

2021 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

The 2021 Israeli Labor Party leadership election was held on 24 January 2021 in the lead-up to the 2021 Israeli legislative election. The candidates were Merav Michaeli, Avi Shaked, Yitzhak Taym, Gil Beilin, Navah Katz, David Landsman, and Ofer Segman. Michaeli won the leadership election with 77.5% of the vote.

51st International Film Festival of India

The 51st International Film Festival of India was held from 16 to 24 January 2021 in Goa. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the festival went hybrid, there was physical and virtual screening of 50 films out of 224 films across various categories. Bangladesh was country of focus in the festival with four films of the country included in 'country of focus' section.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

India

Andrew RT Davies returns as Welsh Conservative leader

On 24 January 2021, Conservative members of the Welsh Parliament unanimously backed Andrew RT Davies as their leader. He succeeded Paul Davies, who had resigned the previous day following a controversy over possible breaches of COVID-19 restrictions.

United Kingdom

Richmond Hill mayoral by-election concludes

On January 24, 2022, voting closed in the mayoral by-election in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. David West won the election. Voting had taken place from January 18 to 24, with internet voting available during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canada

Russian Il-76 transport crashes in Belgorod Oblast

On 24 January 2024, a Russian Air Force Il-76 transport plane crashed in Korochansky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Russian authorities said that 74 people were on board, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war intended for an exchange.

Russia

ONE 170

ONE 170: Tawanchai vs. Superbon 2 was a combat sports event produced by ONE Championship that took place on January 24, 2025, at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.

2026 West Bandung landslide

On the early morning of January 24, 2026, heavy rains caused major landslides in West Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia. The landslide buried at least 53 homes, and killed up to 80 people, and 20 others missing.

Indonesia