January 24th in history:
The California Gold Rush was triggered on January 24, 1848, when James Marshall found gold at Sutter’s Mill. The treasure hunters who swarmed to the area in the year that followed became known as “49ers.”
Today’s 49ers, the NFL team from San Francisco, played in the Super Bowl for the first time on January 24, 1982, at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. They won Super Bowl XVI by a 26-21 score over the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Super Bowl didn’t become known for clever TV commercials until two years later, when Apple Computers used a “1984” theme to introduce its new Macintosh personal computer. The Macintosh officially went on sale January 24, 1984.
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