📜 This Day in History
January 24
41Roman emperor Caligula was murdered by Cassius Chaerea and other members of the Praetorian Guard, who proclaimed Claudius to be the new emperor.- 1458The Estates unanimously proclaimed 14-year-old Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary after being persuaded to do so by his uncle Michael Szilágyi.
- 1857The University of Calcutta was established as the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent.
- 1968Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong.
- 1977Spanish transition to democracy: Neo-fascists attacked an office in Madrid, killing five people and injuring four others.
- 1990Japan launched the Hiten spacecraft, the first lunar probe launched by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.
