Taken from Birthday Blews


On January 24th these people were born ...


1917 Ernest Borgnine, US film actor.
1928 Desmond Morris, English zoologist and writer.

1935 Bamber Gascoigne, broadcaster, University Challenge.
1941 Neil Diamond, US singer songwriter.

1941 Ray Stevens, singer.
1949 John Belushi, comedian, actor (Sat Night Live, Blues Brothers)

1957 Adrian Edmondson, comic actor.
1958 Jools Holland, musician.

1959 Vic Reeves, comedian.
1961 Nastassja Kinski, German film actress.

1979 Tatyana Ali, pop singer.



... and these people died ...


1920 Amadeo Modigliani, Italian artist.

1965 Winston Churchill, British statesman.
1983 George Cukor, US film director.

2004 Helmut Newton, photographer for Playboy, Elle and Vogue. (83)
2005 Johnny Carson, NBC chat show host for 30 years. (79)




... and these things happened - On January 24th


1848 James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, Calif
1899 The rubber heel is patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan.

1935 First beer in cans sold, by the Kreuger Brewing Co.,Virginia.
1976 Margaret Thatcher was dubbed 'The Iron Lady' by Soviet Red Star.

1999 Michael Caine won Best Actor in the Golden Globes. (Little Voice)
2000 Time Warner and EMI merge to become the world's biggest music Co.

2004 Britain overtook India to enter the top 10 spam sending countries
2005 Antwerp in Belgium dimmed its' waterfront lights after prostitutes complained.