History for January 24 - On-This-Day.com
Frederick the Great (Prussia) 1712, Edith Wharton (Jones) 1862, Desmond Morris 1928
John Belushi 1949, Yakov Smirnoff 1951, Mary Lou Retton 1968
1848 - James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California. The discovery led to the gold rush of '49.
1908 - In England, the first Boy Scout troop was organized by Robert Baden-Powell.
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