24 January

1897 - "The Cry of Tarlac" signals the spread of the Philippine Revolution in the Central Luzon province; it follows the initial "Cry of Pugadlawin" that launched the Filipinos' fight for independence from Spanish colonial rule.

1966 - 117 passengers of Air India are killed when the Boeing-707 plane they were riding crashes into the summit of the Alps mountain of Mont Blanc.


1972 - Japanese World War II sergeant Shoichi Yokoi is found in the jungles of Guam after hiding for 28 years; unaware that the war has long ended, he has survived with the help of handcrafted tools while waiting for Japanese Army members to return and give him further orders.

1986 - American spacecraft Voyager 2 space probe gets within 51,000 miles of the cloudtops of the planet Uranus; the interstellar itinerary of the NASA spacecraft also includes Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune.