This day in History - January 24

352 Historic Events for January 24
1874 Event Gen J van Swieten conquerors Kraton Atjeh, after 1000's die
1875 Event Camille Saint-Sa‰ns' "Danse Macabre," premieres
1880 Birth Elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar)
1883 Death Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70
1883 Birth Estelle Winwood, [Goodwin], England, actress (Miracle on 34th Street)
1884 Death Johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75
1885 Death Martin R Delany, politician and black nationalist, dies at 72
1888 Birth Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author (Men Never Know)
1888 Birth Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, German inventor (1st rocket-powered aircraft)
1888 Birth Henry King, US, director (Jesse James, 12 O'Clock High)
1891 Birth Walter Model, German fieldmarshal
1891 Birth Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor
1892 Event battle at Mengo, Uganda: French missionaries attack Brit missionaries
1895 Birth Hans Fischb”ck, Austria, Finance minister (Nazi-occupied Holland)
1895 Birth Eugen Roth, writer
1895 Birth Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Der Halbe Mensch)
1899 Event Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan
1899 Event Belgium govt of Vandenpeereboom forms
1900 Event Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, forms in England
1900 Event Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
1901 Death Simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68
1901 Event 1st games played in baseball's American League
1901 Event Emily Hobhouse view lord Kitcheners concentration camp at Bloemfontein
1902 Event Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA
1902 Birth Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist