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Sunday, January 24, 2027
Sunday, January 24, 2027 falls on a Sunday. It is day 24 of the year, ISO week 3, in Q1.
Today's date
Sunday, January 24, 2027 falls on a Sunday. It is day 24 of the year, ISO week 3, in Q1.
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January 24, 2027 is day 24 of 365, ISO week 3, in Q1. The moon is Full Moon and the zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Sunday, January 24, 2027 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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Japan launched the Hiten spacecraft (pictured), the first lunar probe launched by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.
About 20,000 protestors marched in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.
The Soviet nuclear-powered satellite Kosmos 954 burned up during atmospheric reentry, scattering radioactive debris across Canada's Northwest Territories.
Spanish transition to democracy: Neo-fascists attacked an office in Madrid, killing five people and injuring four others.
Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found in the jungles of Guam, where he had been hiding since the end of World War II.
Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong.
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.
Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis performed the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
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