On This Day: January 24th

At least 70 people are killed and 10 others missing after major landslides in West Java, Indonesia.

An Ilyushin Il-76 crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, killing all 74 people on board.

Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts.

At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.

Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.

The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.

Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.

An Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes at Nizhnevartovsk Airport, killing 27 people.

About 20,000 protestors march in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.

The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.