January 24

Events
 * 1984 - Apple introduces the Macintosh 128K

Births


 * 1752 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (d. 1832)
 * 1913 - Norman Dello Joio, American composer
 * 1936 - Doug Kershaw, American musician
 * 1939 - Ray Stevens, American musician
 * 1941 - Neil Diamond, American singer
 * 1941 - Aaron Neville, American singer
 * 1944 - Klaus Nomi, German singer (d. 1983)
 * 1947 - Warren Zevon, American musician (d. 2003)
 * 1958 - Jools Holland, British musician
 * 1967 - John Myung, American musician (Dream Theater)
 * 1968 - Michael Kiske, German musician
 * 1972 - Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese composer