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Old 01-24-2017, 11:59 AM   #524
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January 24

Today is Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day.


Events

1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.

1908 – The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.

1916 – In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.

1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.

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.

1968 – Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.

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 Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.

2003 – The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.

2005 - Country singer Lynn Anderson was arrested for shoplifting after being caught stealing a Harry Potter DVD from a New Mexico supermarket and punching a police officer during her arrest.

Births

76 – Hadrian; 1862 – Edith Wharton; 1905 – J. Howard Marshall; 1917 – Ernest Borgnine; 1918 – Oral Roberts; 1919 – Coleman Francis; 1939 – Ray Stevens♪ ♫; 1941 – Neil Diamond♪ ♫; 1941 – Aaron Neville♪ ♫; 1943 – Sharon Tate; 1946 – Michael Ontkean; 1947 – Warren Zevon♪ ♫; 1949 – John Belushi; 1951 – Yakov Smirnoff; 1958 – Jools Holland♪ ♫; 1961 – Nastassja Kinski; 1967 – Phil LaMarr; 1968 – Mary Lou Retton; 1970 – Matthew Lillard; 1974 – Ed Helms; 1979 – Nik Wallenda; 1983 – Scott Speed; 1986 – Mischa Barton

Deaths

41 – Caligula; 1920 – Amedeo Modigliani; 1965 – Winston Churchill; 1971 – Bill W.; 1975 – Larry Fine; 1983 – George Cukor; 1986 – L. Ron Hubbard; 1986 – Gordon MacRae; 1993 – Thurgood Marshall; 2010 – Pernell Roberts; 2015 – Joe Franklin
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