Today In History

Sun., Jan. 24, 1999

In 1848: James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that led to the gold rush of ‘49.

In 1908: The first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.

In 1924: The Russian city of St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad in honor of the late leader. It has since been re-named St. Petersburg.

In 1972: The Supreme Court struck down laws that denied welfare benefits to people who had resided in a state for less than a year.

In 1978: A nuclear-powered Soviet satellite plunged through Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.

In 1986: The Voyager II space probe swept past Uranus.

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