History for January 24

History for January 24 - On-This-Day.com:
Frederick the Great (Prussia) 1712, Oral Roberts 1918, Ray Stevens 1939 


Neil Diamond 1941, John Belushi 1949, Mary Lou Retton 1968 


1848 - James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California. The discovery led to the gold rush of '49. 


1908 - In England, the first Boy Scout troop was organized by Robert Baden-Powell. 


1922 - Christian K. Nelson patented the Eskimo Pie. 


1935 - Krueger Brewing Company placed the first canned beer on sale in Richmond, VA. 


1965 - Winston Churchill died at the age of 90. 


1986 - The Voyager 2 space probe flew past Uranus. The probe came within 50,679 miles of the seventh planet of the solar system. 


1989 - Ted Bundy, the confessed serial killer, was put to death in Florida's electric chair for the 1978 kidnap-murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach. 


2002 - The U.S. Congress began a hearing on the collapse of Enron Corp.