Event:
European Bioinformatics Institute scientists have successfully stored audio and text on fragments of DNA, and retrieved them with 99.99% accuracy - the first time in history DNA has been used for data storage
More Notable Events on January 24:
1984 Apple Computer unveils its Macintosh personal computer
1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles
1902 Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA
1901 1st games played in baseball's American League
1839 Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society
