Thursday, January 24, 1692 is a Thursday. It is day 24 of 1692 (6.6% through the year), ISO week 4, in Q1.
Calendar Specifications
Thursday, January 24, 1692 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 1990: Japan launched the Hiten spacecraft (pictured), the first lunar probe launched by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to January 24.
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Historical Milestones
Japan launched the Hiten spacecraft (pictured), the first lunar probe launched by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.
Hiten (spacecraft) →About 20,000 protestors marched in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.
1987 Forsyth County protests →The Soviet nuclear-powered satellite Kosmos 954 burned up during atmospheric reentry, scattering radioactive debris across Canada's Northwest Territories.
Nuclear power →Spanish transition to democracy: Neo-fascists attacked an office in Madrid, killing five people and injuring four others.
Spanish transition to democracy →Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found in the jungles of Guam, where he had been hiding since the end of World War II.
Shoichi Yokoi →Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong.
Vietnam War →A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two Mark 39 nuclear weapons broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina; one bomb was recovered intact, the other disintegrated.
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress →Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis performed the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
Michael Moutoussis →The University of Calcutta was established as the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent.
University of Calcutta →James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill (reconstruction pictured) in Coloma, California, leading to the California gold rush.
James W. Marshall →The Estates unanimously proclaimed 14-year-old Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary after being persuaded to do so by his uncle Michael Szilágyi.
Estates of the realm →The Fatimid Caliphate began their first invasion of Egypt, against the Abbasids, which eventually ended in failure.
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Questions & Answers
Thursday, January 24, 1692 falls on a Thursday.
122,222 days ago (334 years, 7 months, 19 days ago). It is day 24 of 1692 with 342 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Thursday, January 24, 1692 is written as XXIV.I.MDCXCII (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is First Quarter (approx. 33% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Aquarius.