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Rigel culminates at 9 pm on January 24
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigel#Visibility

Sementivae was a Roman festival of sowing.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47463216/sementivae/

The eclipse of January 24, 1925
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1925PA.....33....2W

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The North Sea earthquake of 24 January 1927 was the second strongest earthquake (at magnitude 5.7) recorded in the United Kingdom since measurements began.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/197347/TR_SEA3_Geology.pdf

The 1939 Chillán earthquake occurred on 24 January 1939 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47463238/1939-chilln-earthquake/

Klaus, was a European windstorm which made landfall in January 2009.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47463240/cyclone-klaus-2009/



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The Macintosh 128K, was released on January 24, 1984. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52374004/macintosh-128k/



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The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash refers to an accident that occurred on 24 January 1961
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t40698085/the-1961-goldsboro-b-52-crash/



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On 24 January 1978, Kosmos 954, a Soviet nuclear-powered satellite, crashed in the Northwest Territories. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t40698069/kosmos-954-re-entry-1978/

Voyager 1 took this photo of the planet Jupiter on January 24, 1979, 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jupiter_gany.jpg

Voyager 2 passed within 81,500 kilometres of the cloud tops of Uranus on January 24, 1986.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrKQaDupdWQ

STS-51-C was launched on January 24, 1985
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-51-C

Hiten (Muses-A) was launched on 24 January 1990 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t34746334/hiten-spacecraft/

Progress M1-5 was launched on January 24, 2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_M1-5



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Dr. Ernst Heinkel (January 24, 1888 - January 30, 1958) was a German aircraft designer,
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52373865/ernst-heinkel-1888-1958/

Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus (24 January, 76 AD - 10 July, 138 AD), was Roman Emperor
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t18279134/hadrian/

Harold Delos Babcóck (January 24, 1882 - April 8, 1968) was an American astronomer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47463228/harold-babcck-1882-1968/

Weston Wetherbee was born (January 24, 1857 - 1932) in Barre, New York
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52373896/weston-wetherbee-1857-1932/

Michio Kaku (born January 24, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist,
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52373885/michio-kaku/

Antony Garrett Lisi (born January 24, 1968), known as Garrett Lisi, is an American theoretical physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52373874/antony-garrett-lisi/

James Whitney Young (January 24, 1941) is an American astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitney_Young



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Another Earth is a 2011 American science fiction/drama film directed by Mike Cahill in his feature film debut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Earth

Star Trek: "That Which Survives" was first broadcast on January 24, 1969

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NGC 2180 was discovered by William Herschel on the 24th January 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56437702/ngc-2180/

NGC 2207 was discovered by John Herschel on the 24th January 1835. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56437714/ngc-2207/

NGC 2269 was discovered by William Herschel on the 24th January 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56437732/ngc-2269/

NGC 2697 was discovered by William Parsons on the 24th January 1851. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56437752/ngc-2697/

NGC 3634 was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on the 24th January 1887. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56437776/ngc-3634/

NGC 3635 was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on the 24th January 1887. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56437797/ngc-3635/

NGC 3774 was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 24th January 1887. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56437813/ngc-3774/

NGC 4420 was discovered by William Herschel on the 24th January 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56437834/ngc-4420/

NGC 4536 was discovered by William Herschel on the 24th January 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56437861/ngc-4536/

NGC 4643 was discovered by William Herschel on the 24th January 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56437885/ngc-4643/

NGC 4772 was discovered by William Herschel on the 24th January 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56437902/ngc-4772/

NGC 4910 was discovered by William Herschel on the 24th January 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53199784/ngc-4845/



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The confirmation of HIP 78530 b was reported on January 24, 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIP_78530_b

The best Voyager 2 image of Oberon, was obtained on January 24, 1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voyager_2_picture_of_Oberon.jpg

Thelxinoe, a natural satellite of Jupiter, was discovered on January 24, 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelxinoe_(moon)

Asteroid (776) Berbericia was discovered by A. Massinger at Heidelberg on January 24, 1914.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56011242/asteroid-776-berbericia/

Comet C/1783 X1 was first observed on the 24th January 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56440396/comet-c1783-x1-messier/



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The detonating meteor of January 24, 1934
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56440016/meteor-of-january-24-1934/

Large Meteor of January 24, 1892
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v45/n1162/abs/045319a0.html

Meteor of January 24, 1897 (Los Angeles)
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56440162/meteor-of-january-24-1897/

The Dhofar 019 shergottite was found on the 24th January, 2000
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t33646528/dhofar-019-meteorite/



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