January 24

On This Day In History
	2004: Opportunity's Mars landing Launched in mid-2003, the six-wheeled robotic rover Opportunity landed on Mars this day in 2004 and?like its twin rover, Spirit, which had landed on January 3?analyzed rocks and soils and relayed pictures back to Earth.
The U.S. robotic rover Opportunity traversing the Martian surface, as depicted in an artist's ?
Biography Of The Day
	Winston Churchill British statesman, orator, and author Winston Churchill, who as prime minister (1940-45, 1951-55) rallied the British people during World War II and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory, died this day in 1965.
Winston Churchill, photographed by Yousuf Karsh, 1941.
More Events On This Day In History
	1908 The first Boy Scout troop was organized by Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell in England.
	1849 Carpenter James Wilson Marshall found nuggets of gold in California's American River near the site of a sawmill he was building for John Sutter, ushering in a gold rush.
1556	1556 An earthquake in Shensi (Shaanxi) province, China, killed 830,000 people.
41	41 The Roman emperor Caligula was murdered at the Palatine Games by Cassius Chaerea (a tribune of the Praetorian Guard), Cornelius Sabinus, and others.