January 24, 1848 - Gold is discovered in California by James Marshall. Coincidentally, six days later Mexico ceded California to the United States and the Gold Rush began!

January 24, 1913 - Mark Goodson, TV game show producer (What's My Line?, I've Got a Secret, The Price is Right), is born.

January 24, 1922 - Christian Nelson receives a patent for the Eskimo Pie.

January 24, 1927 - Alfred Hitchcock's first film, The Pleasure Garden, debuts in England.

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January 24, 1935 - America sees the introduction of the first canned beer; Krueger.

January 24, 1955 - Columbia University develops the first atomic block.

January 24, 1984 - Macintosh computers become available for the public to purchase at the price of $2,495.

January 24, 1986 - As the Voyager II space probe flies past Uranus, the pictures transmitted back to the United States reveal previously undiscovered moons.

 

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