What happened on January 24 ?

76 - Hadrian, Roman Emperor (d. 138)

1287 - Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (d. 1345)

1444 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476)

1540 - Edmund Campion, English Jesuit (d. 1581)

1638 - Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (d. 1706)

1670 - William Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729)

1674 - Thomas Tanner, English bishop and antiquarian (d. 1735)

1679 - Christian Wolff, German philosopher (d. 1754)

1705 - Farinelli, Italian castrato (d. 1782)

1712 - King Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1786)

1724 - Frances Brooke, English writer (d. 1789)

1732 - Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (d. 1799)

1752 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (d. 1832)

1763 - Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831)

1776 - E.T.A. Hoffmann, German writer, composer, and painter (d. 1822)

1848 - Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (d. 1916)

1862 - Edith Wharton, American writer (d. 1937)

1864 - Marguerite Durand, French journalist and feminist leader (d. 1936)

1872 - Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (d. 1943)

1888 - Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (d. 1960)

1888 - Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer (d. 1958)

1891 - Walter Model, German field marshal (d. 1945)

1895 - Eugen Roth, German writer (d. 1976)

1902 - E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (d. 1965)

1909 - Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (d. 2005)

1913 - Norman Dello Joio, American composer

1915 - Robert Motherwell, American painter (d. 1991)

1916 - Jack Brickhouse, American sports broadcaster (d. 1998)

1917 - Ernest Borgnine, American actor

1918 - Oral Roberts, American evangelist

1922 - Charles Socarides, M.D., psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 2005)

1925 - Maria Tallchief, American ballerina

1928 - Desmond Morris, British anthropologist and writer

1934 - Stanis?aw Grochowiak, Polish poet and dramatist (d. 1976)

1936 - Doug Kershaw, American musician

1939 - Ray Stevens, American musician

1941 - Neil Diamond, American singer

1941 - Aaron Neville, American singer

1943 - Sharon Tate, American actress (d. 1969)

1944 - Klaus Nomi, German singer (d. 1983)

1946 - Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor

1947 - Warren Zevon, American musician and songwriter (d. 2003)

1949 - John Belushi, American actor (d. 1982)

1950 - Benjamin Urrutia, American scholar

1951 - Yakov Smirnoff, Russian comedian

1956 - Hanne Krogh, Norwegian singer and Eurovision Song Contest winner (Bobbysocks)

1957 - Adrian Edmondson, British comedian

1958 - Jools Holland, British musician

1959 - Nastassja Kinski, German-born actress

1959 - Vic Reeves, English comedian

1963 - Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer

1963 - Martyn Grimley, British hockey player

1966 - Jimeoin, Northern Irish-Australian comedian and actor

1967 - John Myung, American bassist (Dream Theater)

1968 - Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast

1970 - Matthew Lillard, American actor

1979 - Tatyana Ali, American actress

1980 - Nicole Marie Lenz, American actress

1986 - Mischa Barton, English-born American actress

1986 - Ricky Ullman, American actor