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History for January 24:
Events:
1848 - James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California
1899 - The rubber heel is patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan.
1922 - Eskimo Pie invented in Iowa by Christian K. Nelson.
1935 - First beer in cans placed on sale, Richmond, Va
1965 - Sir Winston Churchill dies in England
1985 - Fifteenth Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 3 is launched.
1986 - Voyager II flies past Uranus.
Birthdays:
1862 - Novelist Edith Wharton, US
1888 - Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, built first rocket-powered aircraft.
1917 - Ernst Borgnine, Actor
1918 - Oral Roberts, Evangelist
1922 - Ava Gardner
1925 - Maria Tallchief in Fairfax, Oklahoma
1941 - Neil Diamond, Singer
1946 - Barry Bostwick, Actor
1960 - Nastassia Kinski in Berlin, Germany