Sunday, January 24, 2010

TODAY IN HISTORY

JANUARY 24



1848:James Marshall discovers gold in northern California. The find leads to the gold rush of 1849.

1908: Robert Baden-Powell establishes the first Boy Scout troop in England.

1943: President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill end their Casablanca conference after mapping strategy for the Axis Alliance’s unconditional surrender.

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