Hikers on Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong’s highest mountain, are covered in ice as the south China city records its coldest day for 59 years. — Reuters
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Jan 24
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1943 - A meeting between British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt in Casablanca ended with demands for Germany's unconditional surrender in World War Two.
1965 - Winston Churchill, statesman and British prime minister from 1940-45 and 1951-55, died.
1995 - Queen Nefret's jewels discovered near Cairo.
2000 - Men build banana pyramid in Spain's Canary Islands.
2000 - Britain's EMI group PLC and Time Warner Inc announced a merger to create the world's biggest music group.
2004 - NASA's Opportunity rover arrived safely on Mars and sent pictures of the planet back to Earth about four hours after it landed.
2005 - The U.N. General Assembly marked its first commemoration of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps as a reminder that mass murder still threatened the world.
2009 - Thailand "Scorpion Queen" sets new record, staying 33 days with 5,000 live scorpions.
2011 - Suicide bomber attacks Moscow's Domodedovo airport.
2016 - Hong Kong experiences coldest day in 59 years.
2018 - Gunmen storm Save the Children offices in Kabul.
