4 Odd But True Facts From January 24

41 - Claudius succeeds his nephew Caligula as Roman Emperor after Caligula’s assassination by the Praetorian Guards.

1656 – Dr. Jacob Lumbrozo arrives in Maryland, making him the first Jewish doctor in America.

1848 - James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, Calif., near Sacramento, initiating what would become the California Gold Rush.

1943 – A desperate Hitler orders Nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to the death; he also orders the remaining Jewish patients, nurses and doctors at Auschwitz-Birkenau be incinerated.

Here is a bonus item you may not know: in 1964 the 24th Amendment to the U.Ss Constitution went into effect. It states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes.

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