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On this day: January 24

What happened in the Turkic world on January 24? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.

Events

  1. 2020 Elazığ–Sivrice earthquake of 2020 6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Elazığ in eastern Turkey on January 24, 2020
  2. 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Europe ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Europe

Births

  1. 1933 Kamran Baghirov Soviet politician (1933–2000)
  2. 1966 Yelena Masyuk Russian journalist
  3. 1971 Vladislav Bugera researcher
  4. 1978 Guzel Manyurova Olympic wrestler (born 1978)
  5. 1981 Elena Kolomina Kazakhstani cross-country skier

Deaths

  1. 1962 Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Turkish poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist (1901–1962)
  2. 2001 Osman Türkay Turkish Cypriot poet (1927-2001)
  3. 2021 Nikolay Chebotko Kazakhstani cross-country skier
  4. 2022 Mark Tseitlin Israeli chess grandmaster
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Source: Wikidata and Wikipedia. Names link to the Wikipedia article.

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