1965 in London ,former British prime minister Winston Churchill who led his nation through the dark days of World War II dies at age of 90."if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years ,men will still say this was their finest hour. "1989 confessed serial killer Theodore Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl.

1993 Thurgood Marshall  ,the first African Amercian to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court dies in Bethesda ,Maryland.Marshall, a legendary civil rights lawyer and activist before his time on the high court was 84.

And 1949  "Over? Did you say over ? Nothing is over until we decided it is. "Actor John Belushi who played "Bluto"in the movie Animal House and one of the original cast members of tv Saturday Night Live ,is born in Chicago.

Today in History,January 24th ,Ross Simpson the Associated Press.