March, 24th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Wednesday 24, 2100:
Today Polaris will be appear closest to the north celestial pole, at 1629.38" or 0.4526°

Monday 24, 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.

Saturday 24, 2001:
Apple Computer releases Mac OS X.

Wednesday 24, 1999:
Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia. This marks the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.

Tuesday 24, 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.

Friday 24, 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.

Monday 24, 1980:
Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed by gunmen while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.

Wednesday 24, 1976:
Argentina's military forces depose president Isabel Perón.

Saturday 24, 1973:
Rock band Pink Floyd releases Dark Side of the Moon, which will go on to become one of the most influential and commercially successful albums of all-time.

Friday 24, 1972:
The United Kingdom imposes "Direct Rule" over Northern Ireland.

Wednesday 24, 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.

Tuesday 24, 1959:
The Party of the African Federation (PFA) is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keita.

Saturday 24, 1923:
In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III.

Saturday 24, 1900:
New York City Mayor Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Thursday 24, 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.

Friday 24, 1882:
Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis).

Sunday 24, 1878:
The UK frigate Eurydice sinks, killing 300.

Tuesday 24, 1868:
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is formed.

Friday 24, 1837:
1837 - Canada gives Africans the right to vote.

Saturday 24, 1832:
In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr..

Sunday 24, 1765:
American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the 13 American colonies to house British troops.

Monday 24, 1603:
James VI of Scotland also becomes James I King of England.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/24-march/on-this-day.html


People born on March 24

1990:
Keisha Castle-Hughes, New Zealand-born actress (b: March 24, 1990) (Biography of Keisha Castle-Hughes)

1985:
Haruka Ayase, Japanese actress and model (b: March 24, 1985) (Biography of Haruka Ayase)

1976:
Aaron Brooks, American football player (b: March 24, 1976) (Biography of Aaron Brooks)
Peyton Manning, American football player (b: March 24, 1976) (Biography of Peyton Manning)

1974:
Alyson Hannigan, American actress (b: March 24, 1974) (Biography of Alyson Hannigan)
Chad Butler, drummer (Switchfoot) (b: March 24, 1974) (Biography of Chad Butler)

1970:
Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress (b: March 24, 1970) (Biography of Lara Flynn Boyle)
Sharon Corr, Irish musician (The Corrs) (b: March 24, 1970) (Biography of Sharon Corr)

1965:
The Undertaker, American professional wrestler (b: March 24, 1965) (Biography of Mark Calaway)

1964:
Annabella Sciorra, American actress (b: March 24, 1964) (Biography of Annabella Sciorra)

1962:
Star Jones Reynolds, American television personality (b: March 24, 1962) (Biography of Star Jones Reynolds)

1960:
Nena, German singer (b: March 24, 1960) (Biography of Nena)

1954:
Robert Carradine, American actor (b: March 24, 1954) (Biography of Robert Carradine)
Donna Pescow, American actress (b: March 24, 1954) (Biography of Donna Pescow)

1953:
Louie Anderson, American comedian (b: March 24, 1953) (Biography of Louie Anderson)

1951:
Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer (b: March 24, 1951) (Biography of Tommy Hilfiger)

1949:
Nick Lowe, English musician (b: March 24, 1949) (Biography of Nick Lowe)

1945:
Curtis Hanson, American film director (b: March 24, 1945) (Biography of Curtis Hanson)
Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist (b: March 24, 1945) (Biography of Robert T. Bakker)

1944:
R. Lee Ermey, American actor (b: March 24, 1944) (Biography of R. Lee Ermey)

1938:
David Irving, British historian (b: March 24, 1938) (Biography of David Irving)

1936:
David Suzuki, Canadian environmentalist (b: March 24, 1936) (Biography of David Suzuki)

1935:
Peter Bichsel, Swiss writer (b: March 24, 1935) (Biography of Peter Bichsel)

1930:
David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b: March 24, 1930 ; d: November 20, 2003) (Biography of David Dacko)
Steve McQueen, American actor, director, and producer (b: March 24, 1930 ; d: November 7, 1980) (Biography of Steve McQueen)

1928:
Byron Janis, American pianist (b: March 24, 1928) (Biography of Byron Janis)

1927:
Martin Walser, German author (b: March 24, 1927) (Biography of Martin Walser)

1926:
Dario Fo, Italian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b: March 24, 1926) (Biography of Dario Fo)

1924:
Norman Fell, American actor (b: March 24, 1924 ; d: December 14, 1998) (Biography of Norman Fell)

1923:
Murray Hamilton, American actor (b: March 24, 1923) (Biography of Murray Hamilton)
Kermit Schafer, humorist (b: March 24, 1923) (Biography of Kermit Schafer)

1919:
Robert Heilbroner, American economist (b: March 24, 1919 ; d: January 4, 2005) (Biography of Robert Heilbroner)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American author and publisher (b: March 24, 1919) (Biography of Lawrence Ferlinghetti)

1915:
Gorgeous George, American professional wrestler (b: March 24, 1915 ; d: December 26, 1963) (Biography of George Wagner)

1911:
Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist (b: March 24, 1911) (Biography of Joseph Barbera)

1910:
Richard Conte, American actor (b: March 24, 1910 ; d: April 15, 1975) (Biography of Richard Conte)

1903:
Adolf Butenandt, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: March 24, 1903 ; d: January 18, 1995) (Biography of Adolf Butenandt)

1902:
Thomas Dewey, American politician (b: March 24, 1902 ; d: March 16, 1971) (Biography of Thomas Dewey)

1901:
Ub Iwerks, American cartoonist (b: March 24, 1901 ; d: July 7, 1971) (Biography of Ub Iwerks)

1897:
Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-born psychotherapist (b: March 24, 1897 ; d: November 3, 1957) (Biography of Wilhelm Reich)

1893:
Walter Baade, German astronomer (b: March 24, 1893) (Biography of Walter Baade)

1889:
Albert Hill, British athlete (b: March 24, 1889 ; d: January 8, 1969) (Biography of Albert Hill)

1887:
Fatty Arbuckle, American actor (b: March 24, 1887 ; d: June 29, 1933) (Biography of Roscoe Arbuckle)

1886:
Edward Weston, American photographer (b: March 24, 1886 ; d: January 1, 1958) (Biography of Edward Weston)

1884:
Peter Debye, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: March 24, 1884 ; d: November 2, 1966) (Biography of Peter Debye)

1874:
Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (b: March 24, 1874 ; d: October 31, 1926) (Biography of Harry Houdini)

1855:
Andrew Mellon, American financier (b: March 24, 1855) (Biography of Andrew Mellon)
Olive Schreiner, South African writer (b: March 24, 1855 ; d: December 11, 1920) (Biography of Olive Schreiner)

1835:
Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist, mathematician, and poet (b: March 24, 1835 ; d: January 7, 1893) (Biography of Joseph Stefan)

1834:
William Morris, English writer and designer (b: March 24, 1834) (Biography of William Morris)
John Wesley Powell, American explorer and environmentalist (b: March 24, 1834) (Biography of John Wesley Powell)

1796:
John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (b: March 24, 1796 ; d: April 1, 1878) (Biography of John Corry Wilson Daly)

1693:
John Harrison, British clockmaker (b: March 24, 1693 ; d: March 24, 1776) (Biography of John Harrison)

1657:
Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (b: March 24, 1657 ; d: June 29, 1725) (Biography of Arai Hakuseki)

1607:
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (b: March 24, 1607) (Biography of Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter)

1490:
Georg Agricola, German scientist (b: March 24, 1490 ; d: November 21, 1555) (Biography of Georg Agricola)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/24-march/births.html

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People who died on March 24

2003:
Hans Hermann Groër (d: March 24, 2003) (Biography of Hans Hermann Groër)

1999:
Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women's leader (b: February 9, 1902 ; d: March 24, 1999) (Biography of Gertrud Scholtz-Klink)
Birdie Tebbetts, baseball player and manager (b: November 10, 1912 ; d: March 24, 1999) (Biography of Birdie Tebbetts)

1993:
John Hersey, American author (b: June 17, 1914 ; d: March 24, 1993) (Biography of John Hersey)

1990:
An Wang, Chinese-born computer pioneer (b: February 7, 1920 ; d: March 24, 1990) (Biography of An Wang)
Ray Goulding, American comedian (b: March 20, 1922 ; d: March 24, 1990) (Biography of Ray Goulding)

1984:
Sam Jaffe, American actor (b: March 10, 1891 ; d: March 24, 1984) (Biography of Sam Jaffe (actor))

1980:
Óscar Romero (d: March 24, 1980) (Biography of Óscar Romero)

1976:
Bernard Montgomery (d: March 24, 1976) (Biography of Bernard Montgomery)

1972:
Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (b: January 21, 1895 ; d: March 24, 1972) (Biography of Cristóbal Balenciaga)

1962:
Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist (b: January 28, 1884 ; d: March 24, 1962) (Biography of Auguste Piccard)
Jean Goldkette, Greek-born jazz musician (b: March 18, 1899 ; d: March 24, 1962) (Biography of Jean Goldkette)

1953:
Mary of Teck, queen of George V of the United Kingdom (b: May 26, 1867 ; d: March 24, 1953) (Biography of Mary of Teck)

1950:
James Rudolph Garfield, American politician (b: October 17, 1865 ; d: March 24, 1950) (Biography of James Rudolph Garfield)

1946:
Alexander Alekhine, Russian-born chess player (b: November 1, 1892 ; d: March 24, 1946) (Biography of Alexander Alekhine)

1944:
Orde Wingate (d: March 24, 1944) (Biography of Orde Wingate)

1916:
Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (b: July 27, 1867 ; d: March 24, 1916) (Biography of Enrique Granados)

1909:
John Millington Synge, Irish writer (b: April 16, 1871 ; d: March 24, 1909) (Biography of John Millington Synge)

1905:
Jules Verne, French author (b: February 8, 1828 ; d: March 24, 1905) (Biography of Jules Verne)

1882:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (b: February 27, 1807 ; d: March 24, 1882) (Biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

1869:
Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (b: March 6, 1779 ; d: March 24, 1869) (Biography of Antoine-Henri Jomini)

1776:
John Harrison, British clockmaker (b: March 24, 1693 ; d: March 24, 1776) (Biography of John Harrison)

1773:
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (b: September 22, 1694 ; d: March 24, 1773) (Biography of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield)

1653:
Samuel Scheidt, German composer (b: November 3, 1587 ; d: March 24, 1653) (Biography of Samuel Scheidt)

1603:
Queen Elizabeth I of England (b: September 7, 1533 ; d: March 24, 1603) (Biography of Elizabeth I of England)

1575:
Yosef Karo (d: March 24, 1575) (Biography of Yosef Karo)

1563:
Hosokawa Harumoto (d: March 24, 1563) (Biography of Hosokawa Harumoto)

1455:
Pope Nicholas V (b: November 15, 1397 ; d: March 24, 1455) (Biography of Pope Nicholas V)

809:
Harun al-Rashid (d: March 24, 809) (Biography of Harun al-Rashid)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/24-march/deaths.html