Friday, January 24, 2025

History for January 24

History for January 24 - On-This-Day.com 
Yakov Smirnoff 1951 - Comedian
  • 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.
  • 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.

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