On this day …
January 24, 2018
- In 41, Roman emperor Caligula was assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard.
- In 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California, prompting the subsequent gold rush.
- In 1862, Bucharest was proclaimed the capital of Romania.
- In 1908, the first Boy Scouts troop was founded in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
- In 1916, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the federal income tax constitutional.
- In 1989, convicted serial killer Ted Bundy was executed by electrocution at Florida State Prison.
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