January 24

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	41	Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. Claudius succeeds his nephew.	Muse	Assassin	Black Holes and Revelations
2	1848	California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.	Neil Young	After the Gold Rush	After the Gold Rush
3	1916	In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.	D.R.I.	Give My Taxes Back	Dealing with It
4	1961	1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.	Beck	Missing	Guero
5	1972	Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.	Architecture in Helsinki	Whever You've Been Hiding	Fingers Crossed
6	1978	Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor onboard, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.	XTC	Another Satellite	Skylarking
7	1984	The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.	The White Stripes	Apple Blossom	De Stijl
8	2009	The storm Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.	Valley of the Giants	Claudia and Klaus	Valley of the Giants

(Historical facts about January 24 are from Wikipedia.)