On this day …
January 24, 2015
- In 41, Roman Emperor Caligula was assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard.
- In 1848, James W. Marshall struck gold at Sutter’s Mill, near Sacramento, sparking the beginning of the California gold rush.
- In 1862, Bucharest was proclaimed the capital of Romania.
- In 1908, the first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
- In 1918, the Supreme Court ruled the federal income tax constitutional in the case of Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad.
- In 1984, the Apple Macintosh went on sale.
- In 1986, Voyager 2 passed within 50,000 miles of Uranus.
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