WHAT HAPPENED ON 24. JANUARY
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The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people. (24. January 1939)

World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom. (24. January 1942)

World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca. (24. January 1943)

The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. (24. January 1946)

Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece. (24. January 1947)

Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police. (24. January 1960)

1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost. (24. January 1961)

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa (24. January 1968)

Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II. (24. January 1972)

Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy. (24. January 1977)

Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered. (24. January 1978)

The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale. (24. January 1984)

Voyager 2 passes within 81,500 kilometres (50,600 mi) of Uranus. (24. January 1986)

Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States. (24. January 1990)

Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara. (24. January 1993)

Polish Prime Minister Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow. (24. January 1996)

The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation. (24. January 2003)

The storm Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies. (24. January 2009)

At least 35 die and 180 are injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport. (24. January 2011)

Three bombs explode in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, killing about 7 people and injuring over 100 others. (24. January 2014)