January 24 in History

• 1848

  January 24, 1848:

  Gold is discovered in the American River in California by a carpenter named James Wilson Marshall.

• 1857

  January 24, 1857:

  The University of Calcutta is established.

• 1908

  January 24, 1908:

  Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell organizes the first-ever Boy Scout troop.

• 1935

  January 24, 1935:

  Beer is sold in cans for the first time through a partnership between the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company and the American Can Company.

• 1940

  January 24, 1940:

  The film, “The Grapes of Wrath”, based on a novel of the same name, is released worldwide.

• 1984

  January 24, 1984:

  The first Macintosh is unveiled at Apple Inc.’s shareholders’ meeting by Steve Jobs.

• 1989

  January 24, 1989:

  Ted Bundy, the American serial killer believed to have killed more than 30 women, is executed aged 42.

• 2006

  January 24, 2006:

  Movie animation company, Pixar is purchased by the Walt Disney Company for $7.4 billion.  

• 2011

  January 24, 2011:

  British singer Adele releases her second studio album, “21”.

• 2018

  January 24, 2018:

  Former USA Gymnastics doctor, Larry Nassar receives a prison sentence of 40 to 175 years for sexually assaulting athletes and possessing child pornography.