Sanarchive:Selected anniversaries/January 24
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24 January: Major events in the arts
- 1742 – The opera Adriano in Siria, composed by the prominent Baroque musician Johann Adolph Hasse, premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples.
- 1935 – The first canned beer went on sale in Richmond, Virginia, an event that eventually influenced the Pop Art movement and industrial design aesthetics.
- 1939 – The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck was officially announced for publication, a work that would define the Social Realism genre in literature.
- 1958 – Following its massive production, the historic Elvis Presley film Jailhouse Rock was released in several international markets, cementing the rock and roll film genre.
- 2004 – The 20th Sundance Film Festival showcased a new era of independent cinema, solidifying its role as the premier platform for avant-garde filmmaking.
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (b. 1776)
- Amedeo Modigliani (d. 1920)
- Winston Churchill (d. 1965)