Historical timeline for January 24

At least 70 people are killed and 10 others missing after major landslides in West Java, Indonesia.

An Ilyushin Il-76 crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, killing all 74 people on board.

Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts.

At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.

Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.

The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.

Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.

An Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes at Nizhnevartovsk Airport, killing 27 people.

About 20,000 protestors march in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.

The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.

Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.

The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.

Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.

Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc.

Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.

Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.

The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.

World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.

World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.