This Day in History: January 24, 2024
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41
Roman emperor, Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula (meaning Little Boot—he used to wear military boots as a child), was murdered.
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1848
Gold was first discovered in California, in Sutter's mill. When President Polk announced the news in December, the gold rush began.
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1908
Robert Baden-Powell organized the first Boy Scout troop in England.
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1943
The Casablanca Conference with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill concluded.
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1965
Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.
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1972
Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was discovered in Guam, having spent 28 years hiding in the jungle thinking World War II was still going on.
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1986
Voyager Two space probe passes within 51,000 miles of Uranus.
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1993
The first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, died.
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2003
The Department of Homeland Security, under Tom Ridge, became a cabinet department.
