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. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).
March 24th is the 365th and last day of the year in many European implementations of the Julian calendar.
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISIN DAY
March 24th is the 365th and last day of the year in many European implementations of the Julian calendar.
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISIN DAY
1603 – James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.
1707 – The Acts of Union 1707 are signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms and parliaments of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1707 – The Acts of Union 1707 are signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms and parliaments of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1721 – Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051.
1765 – American Revolution: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
1927 – Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city after its capture by the Northern Revolutionary Army.
1934 – United States Congress passes the Tydings–McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
1882 – Robert Heinrich Herman Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
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. ― From nycsubway.com
1927 – Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city after its capture by the Northern Revolutionary Army.
1934 – United States Congress passes the Tydings–McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
1944 – Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
1944 – World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
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.
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.
1989 – Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil after running aground.
1998 – The 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.
1999 – Kosovo War: NATO commences aerial bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
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.
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.
2015 – Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board.
BORN TODAY
1855 – Andrew W. Mellon, American banker, financier, and diplomat, 49th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)
1862 – Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (d. 1951)
1874 – Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz), Hungarian-Jewish American magician and actor (d. 1926)
1886 – Edward Weston, American photographer (d. 1958)
1887 – Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1933)
1855 – Andrew W. Mellon, American banker, financier, and diplomat, 49th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)
1862 – Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (d. 1951)
1874 – Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz), Hungarian-Jewish American magician and actor (d. 1926)
1886 – Edward Weston, American photographer (d. 1958)
1887 – Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1933)
1902 – Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York, lost 1948 presidential election to Harry S. Truman (d. 1971)
1930 – David Dacko, Central African politician, 1st President of the Central African Republic (d. 2003)
1940 – Bob Mackie, American fashion designer
1949 – Tabitha King, American author and poet, Wife of Steven KIng
1951 – Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer, founded the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation
1930 – David Dacko, Central African politician, 1st President of the Central African Republic (d. 2003)
1940 – Bob Mackie, American fashion designer
1949 – Tabitha King, American author and poet, Wife of Steven KIng
1951 – Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer, founded the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation
From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted.
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