January 24th (2012) was a Tuesday. It's the 23rd day of the year (24th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 342 days left to the end of the year.
Famous Birthdays on January 24 in 2012
» Princess Athena of Denmark
January 24th Famous Deaths for 2012
» Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek director and producer (b. 1935)
» Sukumar Azhikode, Indian author and critic (b. 1926)
» James Farentino, American actor (b. 1938)
» J. Joseph Garrahy, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1930)
» Vadim Glowna, German actor and director (b. 1941)
» Delma Kollar, American super-centenarian (b. 1897)
» Patricia Neway, American soprano and actress (b. 1919)
» Stig Sæterbakken, Norwegian author (b. 1966)
» Althea Wynne, English sculptor and educator (b. 1936)
January 24th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Cadoc (Wales)
» St. Francis de Sales or Francis de Sales
» January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Li Tim-Oi (Episcopal Church (USA))
» St. Timothy and St. Titus, Apostolic men, (commemoration, Anglicanism)
» Earliest day on which Saturday of Souls can fall, while February 27 (or 28 during Leap Year) is the latest; observed 57 days before Easter. (Eastern Orthodox)
» Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances:
» 'Feria de Alasitas' (La Paz)
» First day of the Sementivae, in honor of Ceres (Roman mythology) called Ceres and Gaia (mythology) called Terra (Roman Empire)