Today In History
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2018. There are 341 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1848: James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that led to the gold rush of ’49.
ON THIS DATE
› 1742: Charles VII was elected Holy Roman Emperor during the War of the Austrian Succession.
› 1908: The Boy Scouts movement began in England under the aegis of Robert Baden-Powell.
› 1942: Roberts Commission placed much of the blame for America’s lack of preparedness for Imperial Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short, the Navy and Army commanders.
› 1943: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco.
› 1978: A nuclear-powered Soviet satellite, Cosmos 954, plunged through Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.
› 2003: Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge was sworn in as the first secretary of the new Department of Homeland Security.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Jerry Maren (Film: “The Wizard of Oz”) is 99. Cajun musician Doug Kershaw is
82. Singer-songwriter Ray Stevens is 79. Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond is 77. Singer Aaron Neville is 77. Actor Michael Ontkean is 72. Actor Daniel Auteuil is
68. Country singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs is 68. South Korean President Moon Jae-in is 65. Actor William Allen Young is
64. Bandleader-musician Jools Holland is 60. Actress Nastassja Kinski is 57. Rhythm and blues singer Theo Peoples is
57. Country musician Keech Rainwater (Lonestar) is 55. Comedian Phil LaMarr is 51. Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton is 50. Rhythm and blues singer Sleepy Brown (Society of Soul) is 48. Blues/rock singer Beth Hart is 46. Actor Ed Helms is 44. Actor Mark Hildreth is
40. Actress Tatyana Ali is
39. Rock musician Mitchell Marlow (Filter) is 39. Actress Carrie Coon is 37. Actor Daveed Diggs is 36. Actor Justin Baldoni is 34. Actress Mischa Barton is 32.