Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 24
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- 1438 - Pope Eugene IV was suspended by the Council of Basel.
- 1848 - James W. Marshall (pictured) discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, leading to the California Gold Rush.
- 1891 - Prime Minister John Ballance began his term with his Liberal Party, the first political party in power in New Zealand.
- 1924 - The city of Petrograd, founded by Peter the Great of Russia in 1703, was renamed Leningrad three days after the death of Vladimir Lenin.
- 1984 - The first Apple Macintosh went on sale, as advertised on television two days earlier during Super Bowl XVIII.
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