^B{^#!16!24 January^N! Feast day of St Francis of Sales, St Babylas of Antioch, St Felician of Foligno, and St Macedonius the Barley-eater.
^B{1848^B} James Marshall was the first to discover gold in California, at Sutter's Mill near Coloma. ^B{1916^B} The US Supreme Court ruled that income tax is unconstitutional. ^B{1916^B} Conscription was introduced in Britain. ^B{1935^B} Beer in cans was first sold, in Virginia, US, by the Kreuger Brewing Company. ^B{1962^B} French film director Franτois Truffaut's ^I{Jules et Jim^I} premiered in Paris. ^B{1978 ^B}A Russian satellite crashed near Yellow Knife in Canada's Northwest Territory. ^B{1991^B} More than 15,000 Allied air sorties were flown in the Gulf War, with 23 aircraft lost.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Hadrian, Roman emperor, ^B{76^B}; Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, ^B{1712^B}; Ernest Borgnine, US film actor, ^B{1917^B}; Desmond Morris, English zoologist and writer, ^B{1928^B}; Neil Diamond, US singer and songwriter, ^B{1941^B}; Nastassja Kinski, German film actress, ^B{1961^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Caligula, Roman emperor, assassinated, ^B{AD 41^B}; Randolph Churchill, British politician, ^B{1895^B}; Amadeo Modigliani, Italian artist, ^B{1920^B}; Winston Churchill, British prime minister, ^B{1965^B}; George Cukor, US film director, ^B{1983^B}.
