January 24
41 - Roman emperor, Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula (meaning Little Boot -- he used to wear military boots as a child), was murdered.
1848 - Gold was first discovered in California in Sutter's Mill. When President James K. Polk announced the news in December, the gold rush began.
1908 - Robert Baden-Powell organized the first Boy Scout troop in England.
1943 - The wartime Casablanca Conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, concluded.
1945 - Associated Press war correspondent Joseph Morton was among a group of captives executed by the Germans at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Austria.
1965 - Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.
1972 - Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was discovered in Guam, having spent 28 years hiding in the jungle thinking that World War II was still going on.
1978 - A nuclear-powered Soviet satellite, Cosmos 954, plunged through Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.
1984 - Apple Computer began selling its first Macintosh personal computer, which boasted a built-in 9-inch monochrome display, a clock rate of 8 megahertz and 128k of RAM.
1985 - The space shuttle Discovery was launched from Cape Canaveral on the first secret, all-military shuttle mission.
1986 - The Voyager Two space probe passes within 51,000 miles of Uranus.
1989 - Confessed serial killer Theodore Bundy was executed in Florida's electric chair.
2003 - The Department of Homeland Security, under Tom Ridge, became a Cabinet-level department of the federal government.
2013 - President Barack Obama's Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the lifting of a ban on women serving in combat.
Birthdays
38 - Mischa Barton (actress)
39 - Josie Gibson (reality star)
40 - Justin Baldoni (actor)
42 - Daveed Diggs (actor)
43 - Carrie Coon (actress)
45 - Tatyana Ali (actress)
46 - Christina Moses (actress)
46 - Mark Hildreth (actor)
46 - Kristen Schaal (actress)
50 - Ed Helms (actor)
52 - Beth Hart (singer0
53 - Merrilee McCommas (actress)
53 - Kenya Moore (reality star)
54 - Matthew Lillard (actor)
56 - Mary Lou Retton (gymnast)
57 - Phil LaMarr (comedian)
63 - Nastassja Kinski (actress)
70 - William Allen Young (actor)
73 - Yakov Smirnoff (comedian)
74 - Becky Hobbs (singer)
83 - Aaron Neville (singer)
83 - Neil Diamond (singer)
85 - Ray Stevens (singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 24
1939 - Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler and George Sisler are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1947 - NFL owners voted to allow a sudden-death overtime in playoff games. The rule wasn't used until 1958.
1955 - The rules committee of major league baseball announced a plan to strictly enforce the rule that required a pitcher to release the ball within 20 seconds after taking his position on the mound.
1973 - Warren Spahn is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1981 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) tied Rocket Richard's record of 50 goals in first 50 games of the season.
1982 - The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21 to win Super Bowl XVI.
1990 - Clarence "Big House" Gaines collected the 800th victory of his college coaching career when Winston-Salem State University beat Livinstone, 79-70.
1990 - Pat Riley becomes the 13th and fastest coach to reach the 500-victory plateau as the Los Angeles Lakers down the Indiana Pacers, 120-111; Riley (500-184) surpasses Don Nelson (500-317) to reach milestone.
1999 - David Duval eagles the 18th hole for a final round 59 to win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic at PGA West; becomes only the 3rd player to fire a sub-60 round on the PGA Tour.
2006 - Mario Lemieux retired from playing in the NHL for the last time. He had previously retired and came back from cancer, a heart problem, agonizing back pain, a rare bone infection, a self-imposed one-season layoff and, five years earlier, from the boredom of retirement.
2018 - Former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who had admitted molesting some of the nation's top gymnasts for years under the guise of medical treatment, was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison.
2023 - Scott Rolen is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
41 - Roman emperor, Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula (meaning Little Boot -- he used to wear military boots as a child), was murdered.
1848 - Gold was first discovered in California in Sutter's Mill. When President James K. Polk announced the news in December, the gold rush began.
1908 - Robert Baden-Powell organized the first Boy Scout troop in England.
1943 - The wartime Casablanca Conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, concluded.
1945 - Associated Press war correspondent Joseph Morton was among a group of captives executed by the Germans at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Austria.
1965 - Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.
1972 - Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was discovered in Guam, having spent 28 years hiding in the jungle thinking that World War II was still going on.
1978 - A nuclear-powered Soviet satellite, Cosmos 954, plunged through Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.
1984 - Apple Computer began selling its first Macintosh personal computer, which boasted a built-in 9-inch monochrome display, a clock rate of 8 megahertz and 128k of RAM.
1985 - The space shuttle Discovery was launched from Cape Canaveral on the first secret, all-military shuttle mission.
1986 - The Voyager Two space probe passes within 51,000 miles of Uranus.
1989 - Confessed serial killer Theodore Bundy was executed in Florida's electric chair.
2003 - The Department of Homeland Security, under Tom Ridge, became a Cabinet-level department of the federal government.
2013 - President Barack Obama's Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the lifting of a ban on women serving in combat.
Birthdays
38 - Mischa Barton (actress)
39 - Josie Gibson (reality star)
40 - Justin Baldoni (actor)
42 - Daveed Diggs (actor)
43 - Carrie Coon (actress)
45 - Tatyana Ali (actress)
46 - Christina Moses (actress)
46 - Mark Hildreth (actor)
46 - Kristen Schaal (actress)
50 - Ed Helms (actor)
52 - Beth Hart (singer0
53 - Merrilee McCommas (actress)
53 - Kenya Moore (reality star)
54 - Matthew Lillard (actor)
56 - Mary Lou Retton (gymnast)
57 - Phil LaMarr (comedian)
63 - Nastassja Kinski (actress)
70 - William Allen Young (actor)
73 - Yakov Smirnoff (comedian)
74 - Becky Hobbs (singer)
83 - Aaron Neville (singer)
83 - Neil Diamond (singer)
85 - Ray Stevens (singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 24
1939 - Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler and George Sisler are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1947 - NFL owners voted to allow a sudden-death overtime in playoff games. The rule wasn't used until 1958.
1955 - The rules committee of major league baseball announced a plan to strictly enforce the rule that required a pitcher to release the ball within 20 seconds after taking his position on the mound.
1973 - Warren Spahn is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1981 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) tied Rocket Richard's record of 50 goals in first 50 games of the season.
1982 - The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21 to win Super Bowl XVI.
1990 - Clarence "Big House" Gaines collected the 800th victory of his college coaching career when Winston-Salem State University beat Livinstone, 79-70.
1990 - Pat Riley becomes the 13th and fastest coach to reach the 500-victory plateau as the Los Angeles Lakers down the Indiana Pacers, 120-111; Riley (500-184) surpasses Don Nelson (500-317) to reach milestone.
1999 - David Duval eagles the 18th hole for a final round 59 to win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic at PGA West; becomes only the 3rd player to fire a sub-60 round on the PGA Tour.
2006 - Mario Lemieux retired from playing in the NHL for the last time. He had previously retired and came back from cancer, a heart problem, agonizing back pain, a rare bone infection, a self-imposed one-season layoff and, five years earlier, from the boredom of retirement.
2018 - Former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who had admitted molesting some of the nation's top gymnasts for years under the guise of medical treatment, was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison.
2023 - Scott Rolen is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
