Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on January 24 across the 2 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.
The January 24, 1939 Chillán earthquake was the deadliest Chilean earthquake of the 20th century killing approximately 28,000 Chillán-area residents + injuring approximately 58,000 + displacing approximately 700,000.
*Cincinnati was nicknamed Porkopolis in the mid-19th century — significant pork-packing industry that significantly preceded Chicago's subsequent dominance; the flying pigs throughout the city (the significant Bicentennial Commons pig statues from 1988) are significant…
Drawn from the Pyflo Atlas — an interactive timeline of 1,601 editorial events reaching back to 2100 BCE, each pin a deep link into a city's full story. Watch history play out on the map →