WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024

1679-King Charles II disbands English parliament

1839-Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society

1922-Minus 54ºF (-48ºC), Danbury WI (state record)

1922-Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo)

1924-Russian city of St. Petersburg renamed Leningrad

1943-Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death

1943-Jewish patients/nurses/doctors incinerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau

1960-Algeria uprises against French President De Gaulle

1962-Jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1964-24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect & states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes

1969-Spanish General Franco announces state of emergency

1979-U.S .performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1983-Hulk Hogan pins the Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title

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 towards moon

1993-Soyuz TM-16 launches