Friday, January 24, 2014

History for January 24

History for January 24 - On-This-Day.com:

Birth anniversary of actor/comedian John Belushi (1949-82).


 Happy Birthday! Neil Diamond, Mary Lou Retton, Yakov Smirnoff
1908 - In England, the first Boy Scout troop was organized by Robert Baden-Powell. 


1965 - Winston Churchill died at the age of 90. 



1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws that denied welfare benefits to people who had resided in a state for less than a year. 



1989 - Ted Bundy, the confessed serial killer, was put to death in Florida's electric chair for the 1978 kidnap-murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach. 



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