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This is a list of selected January 24 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
1438 – The Council of Basel suspended Pope Eugene IV and pronounced him deposed the following year, giving rise to a new schism by electing Amadeus VIII of Savoy as an antipope. Tagged with {{POV}}
1639 – The Fundamental Orders, the first written constitution in North American history, was adopted in Connecticut. Tagged with {{original research}}
1857 – The University of Calcutta, the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent, was established in Calcutta, India. Tagged with {{refimprove section}}
1891Prime Minister John Ballance began his term with his Liberal Party, the first political party in power in New Zealand. Tagged with {{more footnotes}}
1924 – Three days after the death of Vladimir Lenin, the City of Petrograd, founded by Peter the Great of Russia in 1703, was renamed Leningrad. Tagged with {{refimprove section}}
1977 – During the Spanish transition to democracy, neo-fascists attacked an office near the Atocha railway station in Madrid, where specialists of labour law, members of the Workers' Commissions trade union, and of the then Communist Party of Spain had gathered, killing five people and injuring four others. Tagged with {{refimprove}}

Eligible

January 24

James W. Marshall

  • 1993 – Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu was assassinated by a car bomb outside his home in Ankara.
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