2008 - Trader at French bank Societe General loses five billion euros
1986 - The NASA space probe Voyager Two passes within 50,679 miles of Uranus.
1984 - Apple Computer Inc unveils its Macintosh personal computer
1924 - Russian city of Petrograd renamed Leningrad
1848 - Gold is discovered in California
This Day In Business
1964 - The NFL officially becomes a business to reckon with - as CBS purchases TVrights for the 1964 and 1965 season for over $28 million.
1995 - OJ Simpson's murder trial starts in Los Angeles.
1902 - Denmark sells the Virgin Islands to United States of America.
1982 - The 49ers won their first ever super bowl title defeating the Bengals 26 - 21 in Detroit.
January 24th Holiday
Unification Day (Romania) - Celebrates the foundation of modern Romania
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