{"id":30649,"date":"2017-01-24T08:16:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T14:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30649"},"modified":"2017-01-24T08:30:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T14:30:45","slug":"today-in-history-329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30649","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Tuesday, January\u00a0 24, 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, sparking the gold rush of ’49.
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1908<\/td>\nThe first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1924<\/td>\nThe Russian city of St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad in honor of late revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1943<\/td>\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1965<\/td>\nFormer British Prime Minister Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>\nThe Supreme Court struck down laws that denied welfare benefits to people who had resided in a state for less than a year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nThe Voyager 2 space probe swept past Uranus, coming within 50,679 miles of the seventh planet from the sun.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nGunmen in Lebanon kidnapped educators Alann Steen, Jesse Turner, Robert Polhill and Mitheleshwar Singh. (All were later released.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nConfessed serial killer Ted Bundy was executed in Florida’s electric chair.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nRetired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall died at age 84.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nThe prosecution gave its opening statement in the O.J. Simpson murder trial.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nThe new federal Department of Homeland Security officially opened as Tom Ridge was sworn in as secretary.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nNASA’s Opportunity rover landed on Mars three weeks after its identical twin, Spirit.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nFrench bank Societe Generale announced it had uncovered a $7.14 billion fraud by a single futures trader.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nJared Lee Loughner pleaded not guilty in Phoenix to federal charges he’d tried to kill U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aides in a Tucson shooting rampage that had claimed six lives.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond turns 76 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ray Stevens<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aaron Neville<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yakov Smirnoff<\/td>\nComedian<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jools Holland<\/td>\nRock musician (Squeeze)<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nastassja Kinski<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mary Lou Retton<\/td>\nOlympic gold-medal gymnast<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew Lillard<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tatyana Ali<\/td>\nActress, singer<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mischa Barton<\/td>\nActress (“The O.C.”)<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Ed Helms (“The Office,” “The Daily Show”) turns 43 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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