March 24 Events |
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| March 24th, 2008 (March 24 2008) | Event | Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election. | |
| March 24th, 2007 (March 24 2007) | Event | The Australian Labor Party is reinstated after the New South Wales state elections. | |
| March 24th, 2006 (March 24 2006) | Event | Long-term protests in Belarus are broken by police. | |
| March 24th, 2006 (March 24 2006) | Event | Pope Benedict XVI adds 15 men to the College of Cardinals, in the first consistory of his Pontificate. | |
| March 24th, 2003 (March 24 2003) | Event | 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. | |
| March 24th, 1999 (March 24 1999) | Event | Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country. | |
| March 24th, 1999 (March 24 1999) | Event | Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire: 39 people die when a Belgian transport truck carrying flour and margarine caught fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel. | |
| March 24th, 1998 (March 24 1998) | Event | Jonesboro massacre: Two students, ages 11 and 13, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are dead and ten are wounded. | |
| March 24th, 1998 (March 24 1998) | Event | A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others. | |
| March 24th, 1989 (March 24 1989) | Event | Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 m?) of petroleum after running aground. | |
| March 24th, 1980 (March 24 1980) | Event | Archbishop Oscar Romero is killed by right-wing terrorists while celebrating Mass in San Salvador. | |
| March 24th, 1976 (March 24 1976) | Event | Argentina s military forces depose president Isabel Peron and start the National Reorganization Process. | |
| March 24th, 1973 (March 24 1973) | Event | Kenyan track runner Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles, California. | |
| March 24th, 1972 (March 24 1972) | Event | The United Kingdom imposes "Direct Rule" over Northern Ireland. | |
| March 24th, 1965 (March 24 1965) | Event | NASA spacecraft Ranger 9, equipped to convert it s signals into a form suitable for showing on domestic television, brings images of the Moon into ordinary homes before crash landing. | |
| March 24th, 1959 (March 24 1959) | Event | The Party of the African Federation (PFA) is launched by Leopold Sedar Senghor and Modibo Keita. | |
| March 24th, 1958 (March 24 1958) | Event | Elvis Presley is officially inducted into the U.S.Army. | Elvis Presley Quotes |
| March 24th, 1944 (March 24 1944) | Event | Ardeatine Massacre: German troops kill 335 Italian civilians in Rome. | |
| March 24th, 1944 (March 24 1944) | Event | World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III. | |
| March 24th, 1936 (March 24 1936) | Event | The longest game in NHL history was played between Detroit and Montreal. Detroit scored at 16:30 of the sixth overtime and won the game 1-0. | |
| March 24th, 1934 (March 24 1934) | Event | U.S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act. | |
| March 24th, 1923 (March 24 1923) | Event | Greece becomes a republic. | |
| March 24th, 1907 (March 24 1907) | Event | The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published. | |
| March 24th, 1900 (March 24 1900) | Event | New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn. | |
| March 24th, 1882 (March 24 1882) | Event | Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis). | |
| March 24th, 1878 (March 24 1878) | Event | The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300. | |
| March 24th, 1868 (March 24 1868) | Event | Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is formed. | |
| March 24th, 1844 (March 24 1844) | Event | After a month of its independence, Dominican Republic fights against the Haitian army led by Charles Herard and General Pierrot | |
| March 24th, 1837 (March 24 1837) | Event | Canada gives African men the right to vote. | |
| March 24th, 1832 (March 24 1832) | Event | In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr.. | Joseph Smith Quotes |
| March 24th, 1765 (March 24 1765) | Event | American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops. | |
| March 24th, 1731 (March 24 1731) | Event | Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed. | |
| March 24th, 1603 (March 24 1603) | Event | James VI of Scotland also becomes James I King of England. | |
| March 24th, 1401 (March 24 1401) | Event | Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. | |
