Events on Jan 24

1965
Death of Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill dies at the age of 90

1924
St. Petersburg Becomes Leningrad
The historic Russian city, St. Petersburg, is renamed Leningrad.

1922
Patenting of Eskimo Pie
A resident of Iowa patents the Eskimo Pie.

1908
The Boy Scouts Founded
The Boy Scouts movement began when Robert Baden-Powell's published a nonmilitary field manual for teenagers interested in the outdoors. It was entitled Scouting for Boys.