It happened on this day, January 24
Events:
661 – Ali bin Abi Talib, the fourth Rightly Guided Caliph, was stabbed with a poisoned sword while performing the dawn prayer by Abdul Rahman bin Muljam, and died three days later.
1800 – Signature of the Al-Arish Agreement between General Kléber and the Ottomans concerning the evacuation of the French from Egypt.
1848 – Gold is discovered in California.
1908 – Start of the Boy Scout movement in England.
1924 – The name of Saint Petersburg is changed to Leningrad.
1943 – Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude their meeting in Casablanca, Morocco, during World War II.
1946 – The United Nations General Assembly issues a resolution recommending the peaceful use of nuclear energy after the United States detonates two nuclear bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
1953 – Adeeb Al-Shishakli arrests a number of opponents who were attending the Homs conference at the home of Hashim Al-Atassi.
1965 – Israeli spy Eli Cohen is arrested in Damascus.
1972 – A coup in the Emirate of Sharjah was led by the emirate's former ruler, Sheikh Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi, to regain power from his cousin, Sheikh Khalid bin Muhammad Al Qasimi. The coup led to the assassination of. Sheikh Khalid and Sheikh Saqr regained power.
1981 – The Islamic Summit Conference was held in Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1983 – The Soviet satellite “Cosmos” falls into the Pacific Ocean.
1999 – Israel begins operating the Dome of the Rock with an announcement released by the Ministry of Tourism as part of a propaganda campaign for tourism in Israel.
2002 – Former leader of the Lebanese Phalange Party, Elie Hobeika, is assassinated by detonating an explosive device in Beirut.
2006 – The Kuwaiti National Assembly votes unanimously to relieve the State Emir, Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, of his duties due to his health, and transfer princely powers to the Council of Ministers , in accordance with the constitution. The Council of Ministers, after transferring princely powers to it, appoints its president, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, emir of Kuwait, and submits the candidacy to the Council of Ministers of the nation to hold a session of oath of allegiance .
2011 – A violent bombing rocks Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport, killing 35 people and injuring dozens.
2012 – A statement was issued on behalf of a new group called Al-Nusra Front for the People of the Levant, declaring responsibility for attacks on military and civilian targets in Damascus and surrounding areas.
✴️ The President of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, announces the end of the state of emergency imposed in the country since 1981, one day before the first anniversary of the outbreak of the January 25 revolution.
✴️ Issa Qassim calls for the launch of the Revolutionary Fist event in Bahrain.
2017 – Conclusion of the Astana peace talks in Syria, which took place between representatives of the Syrian regime and a number of armed opposition factions, under international sponsorship.
2020 – A 6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Maamoura Al-Aziz province in eastern Anatolia, Turkey, killing 22 people and injuring hundreds.
2022 – Voting begins in the Italian presidential elections to choose the thirteenth president of the Italian Republic.
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Births:
76 – Hadrian, Roman emperor.
1712 – Frederick the Great, King of Prussia.
1732 – Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright.
1733 – Benjamin Lincoln, American officer participating in the American War of Independence.
1746 – Gustav III, king of Sweden.
1776 – Ernst Hoffmann, German writer.
1848 – Vassili Surikov, Russian painter.
1872 – Maurice Travers, British chemist and founder of the Indian Institute of Science.
1891 – Walter Modell, German general.
1897 – Fikri Yassin, Egyptian Azhar writer and scholar.
1900 – Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist.
1909 – Martin Links, English mystic and writer.
1910 – Ethel Doris Rollins, American politician.
1911 – Mahmoud Al-Sabaa, Egyptian actor.
1916 – Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan president.
1917 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor.
1924 – Appeared Sevak, Armenian poet, translator and literary critic.
1932 – Fisent Halawa, Egyptian writer and director.
1940 – Joachim Gauck, German president.
1941 – Daniel Shechtman, Israeli materials scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011.
** Niall Diamond, American singer.
1942 – Lyudmila Savelyeva, Soviet film actress.
1943 – Sharon Tate, American actress.
1947 – Michio Kaku, American theoretical physicist of Japanese origin.
1949 – John Belushi, American actor.
1956 – Matoub Lounes, Algerian Berber singer from the Kabylie region.
1961 – Nastassia Kinski, German actress.
** Guido Buchwald, German footballer and coach.
1963 – Basem Naim, Palestinian doctor, politician and former Minister of Health.
1968 – Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast.
1974 – Hassan Abbas, Syrian footballer.
1975 – Ronald Gomez, Costa Rican footballer.
1977 – Rabih El Katti, Moroccan actor.
1978 – Mark Hildreth, Canadian actor.
1983 – Sean Maloney, Scottish footballer.
** Davide Biondini, Italian footballer.
** Rawad Aliu, Syrian actress.
1986 – Mischa Barton, American actress.
**Michael Kightley, English footballer.
1987 – Samira Maqroun, Tunisian actress.
**Luis Suarez, Uruguayan footballer.
1989 – Gi Sung-young, South Korean footballer.
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Death:
41 – Caligula, Roman emperor.
1174 – Ahmed bin Ali Al-Husseini Al-Baghdadi, Iraqi Muslim scholar, writer and poet.
1948 – Maria Mandl – An Austrian prison guard known for her cruelty towards prisoners during World War II and executed.
1965 – Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, wins the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953.
1972 – Khalid bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah.
1978 – Herta Oberhauser, Nazi doctor famous for her horrific experiments on humans.
1989 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer.
2001 – Abdul Rahman bin Ali Al Sheikh Mubarak, Saudi jurist, judge and poet.
2002 – Elie Hobeika, Lebanese politician.
** Yasser Amr, Palestinian politician and former minister.
2004 – Abdul Rahman Al-Munif, Saudi novelist.
2006 – Chris Penn, American actor.
2012 – Pierre Sinibaldi, French footballer and coach.
2015 – Juma Amin, Deputy General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood.
2017 – Hamza Iskandar, Saudi broadcaster and social activist.
2021 – Abla Al-Kahlawi, Egyptian Islamic preacher.
** Ayberk Pekcan, Turkish actor.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⬅️ School Food Day in Japan.
