Jan. 24, First Apple Macintosh Computer was launched

1924 – The name of the city of Saint Petersburg was changed to Leningrad.

1946 – UN issues a resolution on use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, following US bombing two nuclear bombs on Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

1983 – Soviet Cosmos 1402 plunged into the Pacific Ocean.

1984 – First Apple Macintosh Computer was launched.

2011 – A suicide explosion hit Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow , killing 35 persons and injuring scores others.

Passed away:

1965 – UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

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