Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 24
January 24, 2024 is the 24th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 342 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 24
- 1859 –Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.
- 1918 –The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People’s Commissars effective February 14(NS)
- 1925 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
- 1939 –The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán.
- 1961 –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.
- 1972 –Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
- 1978 –Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor onboard, burns up in Earth’s atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada’s Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
- 1990 –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.
- 1993 –Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
- 2009 –The storm Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
Who were born on January 24?
- 76 –Hadrian, Roman Emperor (d. 138)
- 1724 –Frances Brooke, English writer (d. 1789)
- 1779 –Tsarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (d. 1826)
- 1911 –Muir Mathieson, Scottish conductor and composer (d. 1975)
- 1916 –Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor
- 1941 –Neil Diamond, American singer
- 1943 –Subhash Ghai, Indian film director
- 1951 –Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-born American comedian
- 1958 –Neil Allen, American baseball player
- 1979 –Tom Kostopoulos, Canadian ice hockey player
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