FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2014

Today is Friday, January 24, the 24th day of 2014. There are 341 days left in the year.

1568 ― In the Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw

1679 ― King Charles II disbands English parliament

1722 ― Czar Peter the Great begins civil system

1913 ― Franz Kafka stops working on “Amerika”; it will never be finished

1924 ― Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union

1935 ― First canned beer, “Krueger Cream Ale,” is sold by Kruger Brewing Co. in Richmond, Va.

1943 ― Hitler orders Nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death

1984 ― Apple Computer Inc. unveils its Macintosh personal computer

1989 ― First reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex

1990 ― Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched toward moon