January 24

AD 41 – Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and sadistic despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula’s uncle Claudius as Emperor

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

1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchillconclude 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.

1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.

Robert Motherwell Elegy to the Spanish Republic, 108 1965-67

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.

AD 76 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (d. 138)

1712 – Frederick the Great, Prussian king (d. 1786)

1862 – Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1937)

1915 – Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic (d. 1991)

	Larry Fine

1928 – Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethologist, and painter

1943 – Sharon Tate, American model and actress (d. 1969)

1949 – John Belushi, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)

1920 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)

1965 – Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

1975 – Larry Fine, American comedian (b. 1902)

1986 – L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)

1993 – Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)