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March 24 was the 365th and
last day of the year in many European implementations of the Julian calendar.[1]
Events
- 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur
sacks Damascus.
- 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 more than 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, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III.
- 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.
- 1972 - The Godfather movie was released in the
United States.
- 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 spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 m³) of 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.
- 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.
- 2005 - The United States take on The Office,
originally a british comedy, premiered on NBC.
- 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.
Births
- 1494 - 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 - 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, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (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, 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, (Weisz Erik), 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 1921 - Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player
- 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
- 1927 - Martin Walser, German author
- 1928 - Byron Janis, American pianist
- 1930 - David Dacko, 1st President of the Central African Republic (d.
2003)
- 1930 - Agustín González, Spanish actor (d. 2005)
- 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
- 1946 - Klaus Dinger, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk)
- 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 - Mike Woodson, American basketball player
- 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
- 1961 - Dean Jones, Australian cricketer
- 1962 - The Undertaker, American professional
wrestler
- 1962 - Star Jones Reynolds, American television
personality
- 1962 - Angèle Dubeau, Quebec violinist
- 1964 - Annabella Sciorra, American actress
- 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
- 1981 - Ron Hainsey, American Hockey player
- 1982 - Dustin McGowan, American baseball player
- 1982 - Corey Hart, American baseball player
- 1982 - Nivea, American singer
- 1983 - T.J. Ford, American basketball player
- 1984 - Chris Bosh, American basketball player
- 1985 - Haruka Ayase, Japanese actress and model
- 1986 - Kohei Hirate, Japanese racing driver
- 1986 - Anthony McMahon, English footballer
- 1986 - Michael Wang, American College Student
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 - Martin Caidin, American writer noted for his
focus on aviation (b. 1927)
- 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)
- 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)
Holidays and observances
Liturgical feasts
References
- ^ In England, Scotland and Ireland the Julian calendar was abandoned, and the
Gregorian adopted, in 1752 (New Style).
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