January 24
76 Hadrian, Roman Emperor, was born.
1848 James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California, sparking the gold rush of '49.
1908 The first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
1965 Sir Winston Churchill, soldier, politician, historian, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Nobel laureate died.
1984 The first Apple Macintosh went on sale.
January 25
1627 Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist, was born.
1759 Robert Burns, Scottish national poet, was born in Alloway.
1791 The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.
1858 The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn became a popular wedding recessional after it was played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia.
1915 The inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service.
1919 The League of Nations was founded.
1947 Al Capone, American crime figure, died at age 48.
January 26
1788 The first European settlers in Australia landed in present-day Sydney.
1911 Glenn H. Curtiss, aviation pioneer, flew the first successful seaplane.
1924 Saint Petersburg, Russia, was renamed Leningrad.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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