January 24

Today in History
• 1076 - Synod of Worms: German King Henry IV fires Pope Gregory VII
• 1458 - Matthias I Corvinus chosen King of Hungary
• 1639 - Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders
• 1656 - 1st Jewish doctor in U.S., Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland
• 1679 - King Charles II disbands English parliament
• 1722 - Tsar Peter the Great begins civil system
• 1848 - James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California
• 1908 - Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell publishes "Scouting for Boys"


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Change a Pet’s Life Day
• International Day of Education
• Macintosh Computer Day
• National Compliment Day
• National Peanut Butter Day
• Speak Up and Succeed Day
• Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector
• Unification Day

Birthdays
• 76 - Publius A. Hadrianus, 14th Roman Emperor, builder of Hadrian's Wall
• 1712 - Frederick II, the Great, king of Prussia, 1740-86
• 1778 - Charles F, duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X
• 1880 - Elisabeth Achelis, creator, World Calendar
• 1888 - Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, German inventor, 1st rocket-powered aircraft
• 1907 - Maurice Couve de Murville, France premier, 1968-69
• 1924 - 8th earl Spencer, English large landowner/father of Diane
• 1948 - Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of state/supplied arms to the Contras