Today in History : January 24
1458 : Matthias Corvinus, the son of John Hunyadi, is elected king of Hungary.
1639 : Representatives from three Connecticut towns band together to write the Fundamental Orders, the first constitution in the New World.
1722 : Czar Peter the Great caps his reforms in Russia with the “Table of Rank” which decrees a commoner can climb on merit to the highest positions.
1848 : Gold is discovered by James Wilson Marshall at his partner Johann August Sutter’s sawmill on the South Fork of the American River, near Coloma, California.
1903 : U.S. Secretary of State John Hay and British Ambassador Herbert create a joint commission to establish the Alaskan border.
1911 : The U.S. Cavalry is sent to preserve the neutrality of the Rio Grande during the Mexican Civil War.
1915 : The German cruiser Blücher is sunk by a British squadron in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
1927 : A British Expeditionary force of 12,000 is sent to China to protect concessions at Shanghai.
1931 : The League of Nations rebukes Poland for the mistreatment of a German minority in Upper Silesia.
1945 : A German attempt to relieve the besieged city of Budapest is finally halted by the Soviets.
1946 : The UN establishes the Atomic Energy Commission.
1951 : Indian leader Nehru demands that the UN name Peking as an aggressor in Korea.
1965 : Winston Churchill dies from a cerebral thrombosis at the age of 90.
1980 : In a rebuff to the Soviets, the United States announces its intentions to sell arms to China.
1982 : A draft of Air Force history reports that the United States secretly sprayed herbicides on Laos during the Vietnam War.
Born on January 24
1712 : Frederick II (the Great), King of Prussia; noted for his social reforms and leading Prussia in military victories.
1732 : Pierre de Beaumarchais, French dramatist (The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro).
1862 : Edith Wharton, U.S. novelist who wrote Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence.
1458 : Matthias Corvinus, the son of John Hunyadi, is elected king of Hungary.
1639 : Representatives from three Connecticut towns band together to write the Fundamental Orders, the first constitution in the New World.
1722 : Czar Peter the Great caps his reforms in Russia with the “Table of Rank” which decrees a commoner can climb on merit to the highest positions.
1848 : Gold is discovered by James Wilson Marshall at his partner Johann August Sutter’s sawmill on the South Fork of the American River, near Coloma, California.
1903 : U.S. Secretary of State John Hay and British Ambassador Herbert create a joint commission to establish the Alaskan border.
1911 : The U.S. Cavalry is sent to preserve the neutrality of the Rio Grande during the Mexican Civil War.
1915 : The German cruiser Blücher is sunk by a British squadron in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
1927 : A British Expeditionary force of 12,000 is sent to China to protect concessions at Shanghai.
1931 : The League of Nations rebukes Poland for the mistreatment of a German minority in Upper Silesia.
1945 : A German attempt to relieve the besieged city of Budapest is finally halted by the Soviets.
1946 : The UN establishes the Atomic Energy Commission.
1951 : Indian leader Nehru demands that the UN name Peking as an aggressor in Korea.
1965 : Winston Churchill dies from a cerebral thrombosis at the age of 90.
1980 : In a rebuff to the Soviets, the United States announces its intentions to sell arms to China.
1982 : A draft of Air Force history reports that the United States secretly sprayed herbicides on Laos during the Vietnam War.
Born on January 24
1712 : Frederick II (the Great), King of Prussia; noted for his social reforms and leading Prussia in military victories.
1732 : Pierre de Beaumarchais, French dramatist (The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro).
1862 : Edith Wharton, U.S. novelist who wrote Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence.
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