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On This Day · The 24th day of the year

January 24

Few dates reach as far back as January 24: its recorded history runs unusually deep, stretching to 41. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♒ZodiacAquarius ◈BirthstoneGarnet ❀Birth flowerCarnation

Aquarius is the sign for January 24 — read more on the Aquarius page, or see January's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on January 24?

January 24 is the 24th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 41 and 2003. Famous people born on January 24 include Joachim Gauck, Gong Lijiao and Moon Jae-in.

Released on January 24

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Mark of the Deep
  • Game Synduality: Echo of Ada

2023

  • Game Forspoken

2022

  • TV The Gilded Age

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 41

    AD 41

  2. 1857

    University of Calcutta

  3. 1915

    World War I

  4. 1942

    World War II

  5. 1943

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

  6. 1968

    Vietnam War

  7. 1972

    Shoichi Yokoi

  8. 1987

    1987 Forsyth County protests

  9. 1990

    Hiten (spacecraft)

  10. 2003

    United States Department of Homeland Security

Famous birthday twins

Born on January 24

Joachim Gauck

b. 1940

Gong Lijiao

b. 1989

Moon Jae-in

b. 1953

John Belushi

b. 1949

Luis Suárez

b. 1987

Matthew Lillard

b. 1970

Frederick the Great

b. 1712

Deaths

  • 2015Otto Carius
  • 2007Krystyna Feldman
  • 1983George Cukor
  • 1965Winston Churchill
  • 1125David IV

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Babylas of Antioch
  • —Christian feast day: Exuperantius of Cingoli
  • —Christian feast day: Felician of Foligno
  • —Christian feast day: Francis de Sales
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Marie Poussepin
  • —Christian feast day: Pratulin Martyrs (Greek Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romania)

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