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March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (84th in leap years ). There are 282 days remaining.
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1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 External links
Events 1603 - James VI of Scotland also becomes James I King of England .
1731 - An Act to naturalize Hieronimus De Salis Esquire , passed.
1765 - American Revolutionary War : The Kingdom of 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, Jr. .
1837 - Canada gives African men the right to vote.
1868 - Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is formed.
1878 - The British frigate HMS 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 Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad " that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn .
1923 - Greece becomes a republic .
1934 - U.S. Congress passes Tydings-McDuffie Act .
1944 - German troops kill 335 Italian civilians in the Ardeatine Massacre in Rome .
1944 - In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape Stalag Luft III .
1957 - The Treaty of Rome is signed
1958 - Rock'N' Roll singer Elvis Presley is formally inducted in the US Army.
1959 - The Party of the African Federation (PFA ) is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keita .
1965 - NASA spacecraft Ranger 9 , equipped to convert its signals into a form suitable for showing on domestic television , brings images of the Moon into ordinary homes before crash-landing .
1972 - The United Kingdom imposes "Direct Rule " over Northern Ireland .
1973 - Kenyan track runner Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles , sanctioned by the International Track Association .
1973 - Rock band Pink Floyd releases The Dark Side of the Moon 1976 - Argentina 's military forces depose president Isabel Perón and start the National Reorganization Process .
1980 - Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed by right-wing terrorists while celebrating Mass in San Salvador .
1985 - Norwich City F.C. won the Milk Cup (English Football League Cup ) at Wembley Stadium , beating Sunderland F.C. 1-0.
1989 - Exxon Valdez oil spill : In Alaska 's Prince William Sound the Exxon Valdez petroleum after running aground.
1990 - Bob Hawke and the Australian Labor Party (ALP) defeat Andrew Peacock and the Liberal Party of Australia in his final election as Prime Minister of Australia .
1990 - Dope boy magic is born
1991 - Wrestlemania VII: Hulk Hogan defeated Sgt. Slaughter (w/General Adnan ) to win the WWF Championship in 20 minutes and 26 seconds.
1998 - Jonesboro massacre : In Jonesboro, Arkansas , two boys (aged 11 and 13 years) fire upon students at Westside Middle School ; four students and one teacher are killed and 10 injured.
1998 - Tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.
1999 - Kosovo War : NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia , marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
1999 - Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire : 39 people died when a Belgian transport truck carrying flour and margarine caught fire in Mont Blanc Tunnel .
2000 - The S&P 500 reaches an all-time high of 1527.46.
2003 - The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq .
2006 - Long-term protests in Belarus are broken by police.
2006 - Pope Benedict XVI adds 15 men to the College of Cardinals , in the first consistory of his Pontificate.
2007 - The Australian Labour Party is reinstated after the NSW state elections.
Births 1490 - Georg Agricola , German scientist (d. 1555 )
1607 - Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter , Dutch admiral (d. 1667 )
1657 - Arai Hakuseki , Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725 )
1693 - John Harrison , British clockmaker (d. 1776 )
1725 - Samuel Ashe , Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813 )
1725 - Thomas Cushing , American Continental Congressman (d. 1788 )
1782 - Orest Kiprensky , Russian painter (d. 1836 )
1796 - John Corry Wilson Daly , Canadian politician (d. 1878 )
1809 - Joseph Liouville , French mathematician (d. 1882 )
1820 - A. E. Becquerel , French physicist (d. 1891 )
1820 - Fanny Crosby , American hymnist (d. 1915 )
1829 - George Francis Train , American businessman (d. 1904 )
1830 - Robert Hamerling , Austrian poet (d. 1889 )
1834 - William Morris , English writer and designer (d. 1896 )
1834 - John Wesley Powell , American explorer and environmentalist (d. 1902 )
1835 - Jožef Stefan , Slovenian physicist (d. 1893 )
1848 - Honoré Beaugrand , American journalist and newspaper publisher (La Patrie ) (d. 1906 )
1850 - Silas Hocking , British novelist and preacher (d. 1935 )
1855 - Andrew Mellon , American financier (d. 1937 )
1855 - Olive Schreiner , South African writer (d. 1920 )
1874 - Harry Houdini , Hungarian-born magician (d. 1926 )
1884 - Peter Debye , Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1966 )
1886 - Edward Weston , American photographer (d. 1958 )
1887 - Roscoe Arbuckle , American actor (d. 1933 )
1888 - Viktor Kingissepp , Estonian Bolshevik politician (d. 1922 )
1889 - Albert Hill , British athlete (d. 1969 )
1893 - George Sisler , American baseball player (d. 1973 )
1893 - Walter Baade , German astronomer (d. 1960 )
1897 - Wilhelm Reich , Austrian-born psychotherapist (d. 1957 )
1901 - Ub Iwerks , American cartoonist (d. 1971 )
1902 - Thomas Dewey , American politician (d. 1971 )
1903 - Adolf Butenandt , German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1995 )
1903 - Malcolm Muggeridge , British author and scholar (d. 1990 )
1906 - Klavdiya Shulzhenko , Soviet singer (d. 1984 )
1907 - Paul Sauvé , Quebec politician (d. 1960 )
1909 - Clyde Barrow , American crime figure (d. 1934 )
1910 - Richard Conte , American actor (d. 1975 )
1911 - Joseph Barbera , American cartoonist (d. 2006 )
1915 - Gorgeous George , American professional wrestler (d. 1963 )
1916 - Donald Hamilton , Swedish-American novelist
1917 - John Kendrew , British molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997 )
1917 - Constantine Andreou , Greek-Brazilian artist
1919 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti , American author and publisher
1919 - Robert Heilbroner , American economist (d. 2005 )
1920 - Gene Nelson , American actor (d. 1996 )
1922 - Onna White , Canadian choreographer (d. 2005 )
1923 - Murray Hamilton , American actor (d. 1986 )
1924 - Norman Fell , American actor (d. 1998 )
1926 - Dario Fo , Italian writer, Nobel laureate
1927 - Martin Walser , German author
1928 - Byron Janis , American pianist
1930 - David Dacko , 1st President of the Central African Republic (d. 2003 )
1930 - Steve McQueen , American actor (d. 1980 )
1934 - William Smith , American actor
1935 - Peter Bichsel , Swiss writer
1936 - David Suzuki , Canadian scientist and environmentalist
1937 - Billy Stewart , American singer (d. 1970 )
1938 - Holger Czukay , German musician (Can )
1938 - David Irving , British historian
1940 - Bob Mackie , American fashion designer
1944 - R. Lee Ermey , American actor
1944 - Vojislav Koštunica , Serbian Prime Minister
1945 - Robert T. Bakker , American paleontologist
1945 - Curtis Hanson , American film director
1947 - Meiko Kaji , Japanese singer and actress
1947 - Alan Sugar , English businessman
1949 - Nick Lowe , British musician
1951 - Pat Bradley , American golfer
1951 - Tommy Hilfiger , American fashion designer
1951 - Dougie Thomson , British bassist (Supertramp )
1953 - Louie Anderson , American comedian
1954 - Robert Carradine , American actor
1954 - Donna Pescow , American actress
1955 - Doug Jarvis , Canadian ice hockey player
1957 - Pierre Harvey , Quebec cyclist and cross-country skier
1958 - El Duce , American drummer/singer The Mentors (d. 1997 )
1960 - Kelly LeBrock , American actress
1960 - Nena , German singer
1960 - Barry Horowitz , American professional wrestler
1962 - Star Jones Reynolds , American television personality
1962 - Angèle Dubeau , Quebec violinist
1964 - Annabella Sciorra , American actress
1965 - The Undertaker , American professional wrestler
1965 - Gurmit Singh , Singaporean actor
1969 - Houston , American pornographic actress
1970 - Lara Flynn Boyle , American actress
1970 - Sharon Corr , Irish musician (The Corrs )
1970 - Judith Draxler , Austrian swimmer
1972 - Steve Karsay , American baseball player
1973 - Jacek Bąk , Polish footballer
1973 - Steve Corica , Australian soccer player
1974 - Chad Butler , American drummer (Switchfoot )
1974 - Alyson Hannigan , American actress
1975 - Thomas Johansson , Swedish tennis player
1976 - Aaron Brooks , American football player
1976 - Peyton Manning , American football player
1976 - Aliou Cissé , Senegalese footballer
1976 - Athanasios Kostoulas , Greek footballer
1977 - Darren Lockyer , Australian rugby league footballer
1977 - Corneille , Canadian-Rwandan singer
1979 - Graeme Swann , English cricketer
1979 - Periklis Iakovakis , Greek athlete
1980 - Tassos Venetis , Greek footballer
1982 - Dustin McGowan , American baseball player
1982 - Nivea , American singer
1983 - T.J. Ford , American basketball player
1984 - Chris Bosh , American basketball player
1984 - Benoît Assou-Ekotto , Cameroonian footballer
1985 - Haruka Ayase , Japanese actress and model
1986 - Kohei Hirate , Japanese racing driver
1988 - Ryan Higgins , Zimbabwean cricketer
1990 - Keisha Castle-Hughes , Australian-born New Zealand actress
Deaths 809 - Harun al-Rashid , Abbasid caliph (b. 763 )
1284 - King Hugh III of Cyprus
1361 - Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster , English soldier and diplomat
1381 - Catherine of Sweden , Swedish saint
1396 - Walter Hilton , English mystic
1455 - Pope Nicholas V (b. 1397 )
1563 - Hosokawa Harumoto , Japanese military leader (b. 1514 )
1575 - Yosef Karo , Spanish-born rabbi (b. 1488 )
1603 - Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. 1533 )
1653 - Samuel Scheidt , German composer (b. 1587 )
1773 - Philip Dormer Stanhope , English statesman (b. 1694 )
1776 - John Harrison , English clockmaker (b. 1693 )
1869 - Antoine-Henri Jomini , French general (b. 1779 )
1881 - Joseph Delesse , French geologist (b. 1817 )
1882 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , American author (b. 1807 )
1887 - Ivan Kramskoi , Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837 )
1888 - Vsevolod Garshin , Russian author (b. 1855 )
1905 - Jules Verne , French author (b. 1828 )
1909 - John Millington Synge , Irish playwright (b. 1871 )
1915 - Karol Olszewski , Polish scientist (b. 1846 )
1916 - Enrique Granados , Spanish composer (b. 1867 )
1921 - Larry McLean , Canadian baseball player (b. 1881 )
1944 - Orde Wingate , British soldier (b. 1903 )
1946 - Alexander Alekhine , Russian chess player (b. 1892 )
1948 - Sigrid Hjertén , Swedish modernist painter (b. 1885 )
1950 - James Rudolph Garfield , American politician (b. 1865 )
1953 - Mary of Teck , queen consort to George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1867 )
1962 - Jean Goldkette , Greek-born musician (b. 1899 )
1962 - Auguste Piccard , Swiss physicist and explorer (b. 1884 )
1968 - Alice Guy-Blaché , American film director (b. 1873 )
1972 - Cristobal Balenciaga , Spanish couturier (b. 1895 )
1976 - Bernard Montgomery , British field marshal (b. 1887 )
1980 - Óscar Romero , Archbishop of El Salvador (b. 1917 )
1984 - Sam Jaffe , American actor (b. 1891 )
1990 - Ray Goulding , American comedian (b. 1922 )
1990 - An Wang , Chinese-born computer innovator (b. 1920 )
1991 - Sir John Kerr , 18th Governor General of Australia (b. 1914 )
1993 - John Hersey , American author (b. 1914 )
1997 - Harold Melvin , American singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ) (b. 1939 )
1999 - Gertrud Scholtz-Klink , German women's leader (b. 1902 )
1999 - Birdie Tebbetts , American baseball player and manager (b. 1912 )
2002 - César Milstein , Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1927 )
2003 - Hans Hermann Groër , Austrian Catholic archbishop (b. 1919 )
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