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March 24
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March 24 is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 282 days remaining until the end of the year.
March 24th is the 365th and last day of the year in many European implementations of the Julian calendar .
Events
1401 – Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus .1603 – James VI of Scotland also becomes James I of England .1603 – Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yozei , and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo , Japan .
1731 – Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.1765 – American Revolutionary War : The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen 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 Canadian men the right to vote.1878 – The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.1882 – Robert Koch announces the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis , the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis .1896 – A. A. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.1900 – Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad " that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn .1907 – The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro 1923 – Greece becomes a republic .1934 – U.S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth .1936 – The longest game in NHL history is played between Detroit and Montreal. Detroit scored at 16:30 of the sixth overtime and won the game 1-0.1944 – Ardeatine Massacre : German troops kill 335 Italian civilians in Rome .1944 – World War II : In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape Stalag Luft III .
1958 – Entertainer Elvis Presley is conscripted into the U.S. Army.1959 – The Party of the African Federation 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 athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles, California .1976 – In Argentina , the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice is held on this day.1976 – A general strike takes place in the People's Republic of Congo .1980 – Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed while celebrating Mass in San Salvador .1986 – The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.1989 – Exxon Valdez oil spill : In Prince William Sound in Alaska , the Exxon Valdez petroleum after running aground.1993 – Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 .1998 – Jonesboro massacre : Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden , aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro , Arkansas ; five people are killed and ten are wounded.1998 – A 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.2000 – S&P 500 index reaches an intraday high of 1,552.87, a peak that, due to the collapse of the dot-com bubble , it will not reach again for another seven-and-a-half years.2001 Apple Inc initial release of the Mac OS X Operating System 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 .2008 – Bhutan officially becomes a democracy , with its first ever general election .
Births
1494 – Georg Agricola , German scientist (d. 1555)1607 – Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter , Dutch admiral (d. 1667)1628 – Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg , queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)1657 – Arai Hakuseki , Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)1693 – John Harrison , British clockmaker (d. 1776)1725 – Samuel Ashe , 9th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813)1725 – Thomas Cushing , American Continental Congressman and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1788)
1755 – Rufus King , American politician (d. 1827)1782 – Orest Kiprensky , Russian painter (d. 1836)1796 – John Corry Wilson Daly , Canadian politician (d. 1878)1808 – Maria Malibran , Spanish-French singer (d. 1836)1809 – Mariano José de Larra , Spanish journalist and writer (d. 1837)1809 – Joseph Liouville , French mathematician (d. 1882)
1820 – A. E. Becquerel , French physicist (d. 1891)1820 – Fanny Crosby , American hymnist (d. 1915)
1828 – Horace Gray , American jurist and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1902)1829 – George Francis Train , American businessman (d. 1904)1829 – Ignacio Zaragoza , Mexican general (d. 1862)
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 , Quebec 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 , (Weisz Erik), Hungarian-born magician (d. 1926)1874 – Luigi Einaudi , 2nd President of the Italian Republic (d. 1961)
1884 – Peter Debye , Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1966)1884 – Eugène Tisserant , French Cardinal and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (d. 1972)
1886 – Athenagoras I , 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)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)1891 – Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov , Soviet physicist (d. 1951)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)
1905 – Pura Santillan-Castrence , Filipino writer and diplomat (d. 2007)1906 – Klavdiya Shulzhenko , Soviet singer (d. 1984)1907 – Paul Sauvé , Quebec politician (d. 1960)1910 – Richard Conte , American actor (d. 1975)1911 – Joseph Barbera , American cartoonist (d. 2006)1912 – Dorothy Height , American activist (d. 2010)1915 – Gorgeous George , American professional wrestler (d. 1963)1916 – Donald Hamilton , Swedish-American novelist (d. 2006)1916 – Harry Blackmore Whittington , British palaeontologist (d. 2010)
1917 – John Kendrew , British molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)1917 – Constantine Andreou , Greek-Brazilian artist (d. 2007)
1919 – Lawrence Ferlinghetti , American author and publisher1919 – Robert Heilbroner , American economist (d. 2005)
1920 – Gene Nelson , American actor (d. 1996)1921 – Vasily Smyslov , Russian chess player (d. 2010)1922 – Onna White , Canadian choreographer (d. 2005)1923 – Murray Hamilton , American actor (d. 1986)1924 – Norman Fell , American actor (d. 1998)1925 – Puig Aubert , French rugby league footballer (d. 1994)1926 – Dario Fo , Italian writer, Nobel laureate 1926 – Desmond Connell , Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin
1927 – Martin Walser , German author1928 – Byron Janis , American pianist1930 – David Dacko , 1st and 3rd President of the Central African Republic (d. 2003)1930 – AgustÃn González , Spanish actor (d. 2005)
1930 – Steve McQueen , American actor (d. 1980)
1931 – Hanno Drechsler , German politician (d. 2003)1934 – William Smith , American actor1935 – Peter Bichsel , Swiss writer1936 – David Suzuki , Canadian scientist and environmentalist1937 – Billy Stewart , American singer (d. 1970)1938 – Holger Czukay , German musician (Can )1938 – David Irving , British historian
1940 – Bob Mackie , American fashion designer1940 – Don Jardine , Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2006)
1944 – R. Lee Ermey , American actor1944 – Vojislav Koštunica , Serbian Prime Minister
1945 – Robert T. Bakker , American paleontologist1945 – Curtis Hanson , American film director
1946 – Klaus Dinger , German musician (d. 2008)1947 – Christine Gregoire , American politician, 22nd Governor of Washington 1947 – Meiko Kaji , Japanese singer and actress
1947 – Alan Sugar , English businessman
1948 – Jerzy Kukuczka , Polish mountaineer, second person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders (d. 1989)1949 – Nick Lowe , British musician1949 – Ruud Krol , Dutch footballer
1949 – Tabitha Spruce , American writer, poet and activist
1951 – Pat Bradley , American golfer1951 – Tommy Hilfiger , American fashion designer
1951 – Dougie Thomson , British bassist
1953 – Louie Anderson , American comedian1954 – Robert Carradine , American actor1954 – Donna Pescow , American actress
1955 – Doug Jarvis , Canadian ice hockey player1956 – Steve Ballmer , Microsoft CEO1957 – Pierre Harvey , Canadian cyclist and cross-country skier1958 – Mike Woodson , American basketball player and head coach1959 – Derek Statham , English footballer1960 – Kelly LeBrock , American actress1960 – Barry Horowitz , American professional wrestler
1960 – Nena , German pop singer
1960 – Scott Pruett , American race car driver
1961 – Dean Jones , Australian cricketer1962 – Angèle Dubeau , Canadian violinist1962 – Star Jones , American television personality
1964 – Annabella Sciorra , American actress1965 – Patrick Scales , British-German electric bass guitar player1965 – Peter Jacobson , American actor1965 – Gurmit Singh , Singaporean actor
1965 – The Undertaker , American professional wrestler
1969 – Houston , American pornographic actress1970 – Lara Flynn Boyle , American actress1970 – Sharon Corr , Irish musician (The Corrs )
1970 – Judith Draxler , Austrian swimmer
1970 – Mike Vanderjagt , Canadian football player
1971 – Megyn Price , American actress1972 – Steve Karsay , American baseball player1973 – Jacek Bąk , Polish footballer1973 – Philippe Boucher , Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – Jim Parsons , American Film And Television Actor
1973 – Steve Corica , Australian footballer
1973 – Mette Jacobsen , Danish swimmer
1974 – Chad Butler , American drummer (Switchfoot )1974 – Alyson Hannigan , American actress
1975 – Thomas Johansson , Swedish tennis player1975 – Krisdayanti , Indonesian singer, actress and diva
1976 – Aaron Brooks , American football player1976 – Aliou Cissé , Senegalese footballer
1976 – Athanasios Kostoulas , Greek footballer
1976 – Peyton Manning , American football player
1977 – Corneille , Rwandan/Canadian singer1977 – Angellica Bell , English TV presenter
1977 – Olivia Burnette , American actress
1977 – Darren Lockyer , Australian rugby league footballer
1978 – Michael Braun , Australian rules footballer1978 – Kaori Mochida , Japanese singer (Every Little Thing )1979 – Lake Bell , American actress1979 – Emraan Hashmi , Indian actor
1979 – Norris Hopper , American baseball player
1979 – Periklis Iakovakis , Greek athlete
1979 – Graeme Swann , English cricketer
1980 – Tassos Venetis , Greek footballer1981 – Mike Adams , American football player1981 – Ron Hainsey , American ice hockey player
1981 – Dirk Hayhurst , American baseball player
1982 – Corey Hart , American baseball player1982 – Christian Hug , German rugby player
1982 – Dustin McGowan , American baseball player
1982 – Nivea , American singer
1982 – Jack Swagger , American professional wrestler
1983 – Luca Ceccarelli , Italian footballer1983 – T. J. Ford , American basketball player
1983 – Kelvin Kwan , Hong Kong singer
1984 – Chris Bosh , American basketball player1984 – Benoît Assou-Ekotto , French footballer
1984 – Adrian D'Souza , Indian field hockey player
1985 – Haruka Ayase , Japanese actress and model1986 – Kohei Hirate , Japanese racing driver1986 – Tony McMahon , English footballer
1988 – Ryan Higgins , Zimbabwean cricketer1990 – Keisha Castle-Hughes , Australian/New Zealand actress
Deaths
809 – Harun al-Rashid , Abbasid caliph (b. 763)1284 – King Hugh III of Cyprus (b. 1235)1381 – Saint Catharine of Sweden , Swedish saint (b. 1332)1396 – Walter Hilton , English mystic (b. 1340)1455 – Pope Nicholas V (b. 1397)1558 – Anna of Egmond , Countess of Egmond and Buren (b. 1533)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)1976 – Bernard Montgomery , British field marshal (b. 1887)1980 – Óscar Romero , Salvadoran Catholic archbishop (b. 1917)1984 – Sam Jaffe , American actor (b. 1891)1990 – Ray Goulding , American comedian (b. 1922)1990 – An Wang , Chinese-born computer engineer (b. 1920)
1991 – Sir John Kerr , Australian Governor-General (b. 1914)1993 – Albert Arlen , Australian pianist, composer, actor, director (b. 1905)1993 – John Hersey , American author (b. 1914)
1995 – Joseph Needham , British academic and sinologist (b. 1900)1997 – Martin Caidin , American aviation writer (b. 1927)1997 – Harold Melvin , American singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ) (b. 1939)
1999 – Gertrud Scholtz-Klink , German women's activist (b. 1902)1999 – Birdie Tebbetts , American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
2001 – Muriel Young , English TV entertainer (b. 1928)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)2006 – Lynne Perrie , English actress (b. 1931)2008 – Chalmers "Spanky" Alford‎ , American guitarist (b. 1955)2008 – Neil Aspinall , British record producer (b. 1941)
2008 – Hal Riney , American advertising executive (b. 1932)
2008 – Richard Widmark , American actor (b. 1914)
2009 – George Kell , American baseball player (b. 1922)2010 – Jim Marshall , American photographer (b. 1936)2010 – Robert Culp , American actor (b. 1930)
2010 – Johnny Maestro , American singer (b. 1939)
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