March 24

March 24 is the 83th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap
years). There are 282 days remaining.

Events

   * 1603 - James I becomes King of England
   * 1765 - American Revolutionary War: Great Britain passes the Quartering
     Act that requires the 13 American colonies to house British troops
   * 1832 - In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon
     leader Joseph Smith
   * 1868 - Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is formed.
   * 1878 - The UK frigate Eurydice sinks killing 300.
   * 1882 - Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible
     for tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis).
   * 1898 - Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania becomes the first
     person to buy an American-built automobile when he buys a Winton
     automobile that was advertised in Scientific American.
   * 1900 - New York City Mayor Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground
     "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
   * 1972 - The United Kingdom imposes "Direct Rule" over Northern Ireland.
   * 1976 - Argentina military forces depose president Isabel Peron.
   * 1980 - Archbishop Oscar Romero is killed by gunmen while celebrating
     Mass in San Salvador.
   * 1989 - Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Alaska's Prince William Sound the
     Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (11 million gallons) of oil after
     running aground.
   * 1994 - At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate
     Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated. Mario Aburto Martinez is arrested
     for the crime and confesses on the same day.
   * 1998 - In Jonesboro, Arkansas, two young boys (aged 11 and 13 years)
     fire upon students at Westside Middle School while hidden in woodlands
     near the school. Four students and one teacher are killed and 10
     injured.
   * 1999 - NATO launches air strikes in Yugoslavia which was refusing to
     sign a peace treaty. This marks the first time NATO has attacked a
     sovereign country.
   * 2001 - Apple Computer releases Mac OS X version 10.0.
   * 2003 - The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding
     the immediate and unconditional removal of US and British soldiers from
     Iraq.

Births

   * 1834 - John Wesley Powell, explorer, environmentalist (+ 1902)
   * 1835 - Jo?ef Stefan, physicist, mathematician and poet (+ 1893)
   * 1855 - Andrew Mellon, financier (+ 1937)
   * 1874 - Harry Houdini, magician (+ 1926)
   * 1887 - Fatty Arbuckle, actor (+ 1933)
   * 1891 - John Knittel, dramatist (+ 1970)
   * 1897 - Wilhelm Reich, psychotherapist (+ 1957)
   * 1901 - Ub Iwerks, cartoonist (+ 1971)
   * 1902 - Thomas Dewey, politician (+ 1971)
   * 1911 - Joseph Barbera, cartoonist
   * 1919 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author and publisher
   * 1923 - Kermit Schafer, humorist (+ 1979)
   * 1926 - Dario Fo, author, 1997 Nobel prize for literature
   * 1927 - Martin Walser, author
   * 1930 - Steve McQueen, film director and producer (+ 1980)
   * 1935 - Peter Bichsel, writer
   * 1936 - David Suzuki, environmentalist
   * 1940 - Bob Mackie, costume designer
   * 1949 - Nick Lowe, musician
   * 1951 - Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer
   * 1970 - Lara Flynn Boyle, actress
   * 1974 - Alyson Hannigan, actress

Deaths

   * 1703 - Queen Elizabeth I of England
   * 1882 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, author
   * 1905 - Jules Verne, author
   * 1944 - Orde Wingate, British soldier
   * 1946 - Alexander Alekhine, chess champion
   * 1953 - Mary of Teck, wife of King George V of the United Kingdom
   * 1962 - Auguste Piccard, physicist and explorer
   * 1976 - Bernard Montgomery, British Field Marshal
   * 1990 - An Wang, computer pioneer
   * 1993 - John Hersey, author

Holidays and observances

   * Ancient Latvia - Kazimiras Diena observed
   * World Tuberculosis Day

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