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24 January 1076Holy Roman Empire [administration]King Henry IV of Germany responds to a letter from Pope Gregory VII threatening excommunication by holding a council at Worms where the German bishops renounce their allegiance to Gregory and declare him deposed. Gregory shortly afterwards excommunicates Henry and absolves his subjects of their oaths of loyalty.
24 January 1118Papal States, Italy [administration]John of Gaeta is elected as Pope Gelasius II following the death of Pope Paschal II.
24 January 1438Swiss Confederation, Holy Roman Empire, Papal States, Italy [Christianity]The General Council of Basel decrees the suspension of Pope Eugenius IV from the exercise of papal authority.
24 January 1478France, Swiss Confederation, Holy Roman Empire [diplomacy]Mary of Burgundy and her husband Maximilian of Austria end the bitter legacy of her father's war with the Swiss and make peace at Zürich, Switzerland.
24 January 1556China, Ming Empire [natural disasters]A huge earthquake, the worst ever recorded, hits the Shanxi province of China, leaving more than 830,000 dead.
24 January 1712Prussia [births and deaths]Frederick II the Great, King of Prussia 1740–86, born in Potsdam, near Berlin, Prussia (–1786).
24 January 1742Bavaria, Germany, Holy Roman Empire [political events]With French support, Charles Albert, Elector of Bavaria, is elected Holy Roman Emperor, as Charles VII. He receives eight votes (all that were cast).
24 January 1749England [births and deaths]Charles James Fox, first foreign secretary of Britain (1782, 1783, and 1806), born in London, England (–1806).
24 January 1848USA [natural resources]The US prospector James Marshall discovers gold in the millrace at Sutter's Mill on the American River near Sacramento, California.
24 January 1915Germany, United Kingdom [World War I (1914–18)]In the Battle of Dogger Bank in the North Sea, a British force under Admiral Sir David Beatty sinks the German cruiser Blücher.
24 January 1965England [births and deaths]Winston Churchill, British prime minister 1940–45 and 1951–55 who led Britain through World War II, dies in London, England (90).
24 January 1995USA [crime and punishment]The trial opens of the US former football star O J Simpson for the murder of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman (on 12 June 1994); Simpson is acquitted on 3 October after claims of racial bias in the investigating police force.


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Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) will webcast its Q4 2006 financial results conference call live on Wednesday, January 24th at 8:30 a.
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