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Today is Sunday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2021. There are 341 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that led to the gold rush of `49.
On this date:
In 1908, the Boy Scouts movement began in England under the aegis of Robert Baden-Powell.
In 1924, the Russian city of Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg) was renamed Leningrad in honor of the late revolutionary leader. (However, it has since been renamed St. Petersburg.)
In 1939, at least 28,000 people were killed by an earthquake that devastated the city of Chillan (chee-YAHN’) in Chile.
On This Day: Moscow airport suicide bombing kills 37
On Jan. 24, 2011, a suicide bomb attack at Moscow s Domodedovo airport international arrival gate killed 37 people and injured more than 170 others.
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Ambulances wait outside Domodedovo airport in Moscow after an explosion on January 24, 2011. UPI File Photo | License Photo
On January 24, 1993, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the nation s highest court, died at age 84. File Photo courtesy Library of Congress
On January 24, 1908, the first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell, a general in the British army. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
Almanacs are full of lists of global and national historic events. But “This Day in History” feature invites you to not just peruse a list, but to take a trip back in time to see how a significant event originally was reported in the Chicago Tribune.