1998
Ayrton Senna Bridge opened
The Ayrton Senna bridge is a bridge in over the Rio Paraná in Brazil. It was inaugurated on 24 January 1998 and cost R$32 million. It carries the BR-163 trunk road from Guaíra in Paraná to Mundo Novo in Mato Grosso do Sul. The bridge is named after Brazilian racing driver, Ayrton Senna da Silva.
1939
1939 Chillán earthquake
The 1939 Chillán earthquake occurred in south-central Chile on 24 January with a surface wave magnitude of 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). With a death toll of around 28,000, compared to the 2,231-6,000 (official estimates vary greatly) of the Great Chilean earthquake of 1960, it is the single deadliest earthquake in Chile.
