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What happend on 24. March in History
In our data base we found 318 events happened on 24. March:
• 809: Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid caliph (b. 763) [category: Deaths]
• 1284: King Hugh III of Cyprus (b. 1235) [category: Deaths]
• 1381: Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint (b. 1332) [category: Deaths]
• 1396: Walter Hilton, English mystic (b. 1340) [category: Deaths]
• 1401: Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. [category: Events]
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• 1455: Pope Nicholas V (b. 1397) [category: Deaths]
• 1494: Georg Agricola, German scientist (d. 1555) [category: Births]
• 1558: Anna of Egmond, Countess of Egmond and Buren (b. 1533) [category: Deaths]
• 1563: Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b. 1514) [category: Deaths]
• 1575: Yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi (b. 1488) [category: Deaths]
• 1603: Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. 1533) [category: Deaths]
• 1603: James VI of Scotland also becomes James I of England. [category: Events]
• 1603: Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yozei, and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo, Japan. [category: Events]
• 1607: Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (d. 1667) [category: Births]
• 1628: Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) [category: Births]
• 1653: Samuel Scheidt, German composer (b. 1587) [category: Deaths]
• 1657: Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) [category: Births]
• 1663: The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne. [category: Events]
• 1693: John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) [category: Births]
• 1707: The Acts of Union 1707 is signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. [category: Events]
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• 1721: Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Christian Ludwig, margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051. [category: Events]
• 1725: Samuel Ashe, 9th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813) [category: Births]
• 1725: Thomas Cushing, American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1788) [category: Births]
• 1731: Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed. [category: Events]
• 1740: John Antes, American composer (d. 1811) [category: Births]
• 1755: Rufus King, American politician (d. 1827) [category: Births]
• 1762: Marcos Portugal, Portuguese composer (d. 1830) [category: Births]
• 1765: American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops. [category: Events]
• 1773: Philip Dormer Stanhope, English statesman (b. 1694) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (d. 1835) [category: Births]
• 1776: John Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693) [category: Deaths]
• 1782: Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1796: John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1803: Egerton Ryerson, Canadian educator and politician (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1808: Maria Malibran, Spanish-French singer (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1809: Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1809: Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (d. 1837) [category: Births]
• 1820: A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1820: Fanny Crosby, American hymnist (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1823: Thomas Spencer Baynes, English philosopher and editor (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1826: Matilda Joslyn Gage, American feminist and suffragette (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1828: Horace Gray, American jurist and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1829: George Francis Train, American businessman (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1829: Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican general (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1829: Catholic Emancipation: The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament. [category: Events]
• 1830: Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1832: In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr.. [category: Events]
• 1834: John Wesley Powell, American explorer and environmentalist (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1834: William Morris, English writer and designer (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1835: Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1837: Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote. [category: Events]
• 1848: Honoré Beaugrand, Quebec journalist and newspaper publisher (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1850: Silas Hocking, British novelist and preacher (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1855: Andrew Mellon, American financier (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1855: Olive Schreiner, South African writer (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1860: Sakuradamon incident (1860): Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke [category: Events]
• 1869: Émile Fabre, French playwright (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1869: Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (b. 1779) [category: Deaths]
• 1869: The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising. [category: Events]
• 1874: Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1874: Luigi Einaudi, Italian politician and economist, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1875: William Burns, Canadian lacrosse player (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1878: The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300. [category: Events]
• 1881: Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (b. 1817) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: Marcel Lalu, French gymnast (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1882: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American author (b. 1807) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: Robert Koch announces the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis. [category: Events]
• 1884: Eugène Tisserant, French Cardinal and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1884: Peter Debye, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1886: Edward Weston, American photographer (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1887: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, American actor (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1887: Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1888: Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Albert Hill, British athlete (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1890: Agnes Macphail, Canadian politician, first female member of the Canadian House of Commons (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1891: Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Soviet physicist (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1892: Marston Morse, American mathematician (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1893: George Sisler, American baseball player (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1893: Walter Baade, German astronomer (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1896: A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history. [category: Events]
• 1897: Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-born psychotherapist (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1901: Ub Iwerks, American cartoonist (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1902: Thomas E. Dewey, American politician (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1903: Adolf Butenandt, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1903: Malcolm Muggeridge, British author and scholar (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1905: Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1905: Jules Verne, French author (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet singer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1907: Paul Sauvé, Quebec politician (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1907: The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published. [category: Events]
• 1909: Clyde Barrow, American criminal (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1909: John Millington Synge, Irish playwright (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Richard Conte, American actor (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1911: Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1912: Dorothy Height, American activist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1915: George Wagner, American wrestler (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1915: Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American novelist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1916: Harry Blackmore Whittington, British palaeontologist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1916: Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Constantine Andreou, Greek-Brazilian artist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1917: John Kendrew, British molecular biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1919: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American author and publisher [category: Births]
• 1919: Robert Heilbroner, American economist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1920: Gene Nelson, American actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1921: Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish priest (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1921: Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1921: Larry McLean, Canadian baseball player (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Onna White, Canadian choreographer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1922: Irish War of Independence: In Belfast, Northern Irish policemen break into the home of a Catholic family and shoot all eight males inside. [category: Events]
• 1923: Michael Legat, England writer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1923: Murray Hamilton, American actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1923: Greece becomes a republic. [category: Events]
• 1924: Norman Fell, American actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1925: Puig Aubert, French rugby league footballer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1926: Dario Fo, Italian writer, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1926: Desmond Connell, Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin [category: Births]
• 1926: Phan Chu Trinh, Vietnamese nationalist (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Martin Walser, German author [category: Births]
• 1927: Nanjing Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city. [category: Events]
• 1928: Byron Janis, American pianist [category: Births]
• 1930: Agustín González, Spanish actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1930: David Dacko, Central African Republician politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1930: Steve McQueen, American actor (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1931: Connie Hines, American actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1931: Hanno Drechsler, German politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1933: William Smith, American actor [category: Births]
• 1934: U.S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth. [category: Events]
• 1935: Carol Kaye, American bass player [category: Births]
• 1935: Peter Bichsel, Swiss writer [category: Births]
• 1936: David Suzuki, Canadian scientist and environmentalist [category: Births]
• 1937: Billy Stewart, American singer (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1938: David Irving, British historian [category: Births]
• 1938: Holger Czukay, German musician (Can) [category: Births]
• 1940: Bob Mackie, American fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1940: Don Jardine, Canadian wrestler (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1940: Édouard Branly, French inventor and physicist (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: R. Lee Ermey, American actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Vojislav Koštunica, Serbian Prime Minister [category: Births]
• 1944: Orde Charles Wingate, British Major-General, prominent Zionist, eccentric (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Ardeatine Massacre: German troops kill 335 Italian civilians in Rome. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III. [category: Events]
• 1945: Curtis Hanson, American film director [category: Births]
• 1945: Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist [category: Births]
• 1946: Klaus Dinger, German musician (Neu!, La Düsseldorf, and Kraftwerk) (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1946: Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Carl Schuhmann, German athlete (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: The British Cabinet Mission, consisting of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander, arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership. [category: Events]
• 1947: Alan Sugar, English businessman [category: Births]
• 1947: Christine Gregoire, American politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Dennis Erickson, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1947: Meiko Kaji, Japanese singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1948: Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1948: Lee Oskar, Danish musician (War and Lowrider Band) [category: Births]
• 1948: Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Nick Lowe, British musician (Rockpile and Little Village) [category: Births]
• 1949: Ruud Krol, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1949: Steve Lang, Canadian musician (April Wine and Mashmakhan) [category: Births]
• 1949: Tabitha Spruce, American writer, poet and activist [category: Births]
• 1950: Gary Wichard, American sports agent (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1950: James Rudolph Garfield, American politician (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Dougie Thomson, British bassist (Supertramp and The Alan Bown Set) [category: Births]
• 1951: Pat Bradley, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1951: Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1953: Anita L. Allen, American law professor [category: Births]
• 1953: Louie Anderson, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1953: Mary of Teck, Queen Consort to George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Donna Pescow, American actress [category: Births]
• 1954: Robert Carradine, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Doug Jarvis, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1955: Pat Price, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1956: Steve Ballmer, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1957: Gilles Baril, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Pierre Harvey, Canadian cyclist and skier [category: Births]
• 1958: Mike Woodson, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1958: Rock'N'Roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army. [category: Events]
• 1959: Derek Statham, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1959: The Party of the African Federation is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keita. [category: Events]
• 1960: Barry Horowitz, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1960: Grayson Perry, English potter [category: Births]
• 1960: Jan Berglin, Swedish cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1960: Kelly LeBrock, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Nena, German singer (Nena) [category: Births]
• 1960: Scott Pruett, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1961: Dean Jones, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1962: Angèle Dubeau, Canadian violinist [category: Births]
• 1962: Star Jones, American lawyer, journalist, and talk show host [category: Births]
• 1962: Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Jean Goldkette, Greek jazz pianist and bandleader (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Raimond van der Gouw, Dutch footballer goalkeeper [category: Births]
• 1965: Gurmit Singh, Singaporean actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Mark Calaway, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1965: Patrick Scales, British-German bass player and teacher [category: Births]
• 1965: Peter Jacobson, American actor [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1968: Alice Guy-Blaché, American film director (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Houston, American pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Judith Draxler, Austrian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1970: Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Mike Vanderjagt, Canadian football player [category: Births]
• 1970: Sharon Corr, Irish musician (The Corrs) [category: Births]
• 1971: Megyn Price, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Steve Karsay, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1973: Jacek Bąk, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Jim Parsons, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Mette Jacobsen, Danish swimmer [category: Births]
• 1973: Philippe Boucher, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: Steve Corica, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles, California. [category: Events]
• 1974: Alyson Hannigan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Chad Butler, American drummer (Switchfoot) [category: Births]
• 1975: Krisdayanti, Indonesian singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Thomas Johansson, Swedish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1976: Aaron Brooks, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Aliou Cissé, Senegalese footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Angellica Bell, English TV presenter [category: Births]
• 1976: Athanasios Kostoulas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Peyton Manning, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Bernard Montgomery, British field marshal (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1977: Corneille Nyungura, Rwandan/Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1977: Darren Lockyer, Australian rugby league footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Jessica Chastain, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Olivia Burnette, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Kaori Mochida, Japanese singer (Every Little Thing) [category: Births]
• 1978: Michael Braun, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Emraan Hashmi, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Graeme Swann, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1979: Lake Bell, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Norris Hopper, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Periklis Iakovakis, Greek athlete [category: Births]
• 1980: Tassos Venetis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Óscar Romero, Salvadoran Catholic archbishop (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed while celebrating Mass in San Salvador. [category: Events]
• 1981: Dirk Hayhurst, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Gary Paffett, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1981: Mark Looms, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Mike Adams, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Ron Hainsey, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Christian Hug, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Corey Hart, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Dustin McGowan, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Epico, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1982: Jack Swagger, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1982: Jimmy Hempte, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Nivea, American singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Kelvin Kwan, Hong Kong singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Luca Ceccarelli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Riccardo Musetti, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: T. J. Ford, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Adrian D'Souza, Indian field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Benoît Assou-Ekotto, French-Cameroonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Chris Bosh, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Park Bom, South Korean singer (2NE1) [category: Births]
• 1984: Sam Jaffe, American actor (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Haruka Ayase, Japanese actress and model [category: Births]
• 1985: Sayaka Hirano, Japanese table tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: Kohei Hirate, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1986: Tony McMahon, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites. [category: Events]
• 1987: Ramires, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladeshi cricketer [category: Births]
• 1987: Yuma Asami, Japanese porn actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Matías Martínez, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
• 1988: Sharmin Ratna, Bangladeshi target shooter [category: Births]
• 1989: Aziz Shavershian, Australian bodybuilder (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1989: Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of petroleum after running aground. [category: Events]
• 1990: Aljur Abrenica, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Keisha Castle-Hughes, New Zealand actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Libby Clegg, English runner [category: Births]
• 1990: Starlin Castro, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1990: Ray Goulding, American comedian (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: John Kerr, Australian governor-general (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Jeremy Rosado, American singer [category: Births]
• 1993: Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer, actor, director (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: John Hersey, American author (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. [category: Events]
• 1994: Anna Hämäläinen, Finnish athlete [category: Births]
• 1995: Joseph Needham, British academic and sinologist (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Harold Melvin, American singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Martin Caidin, American aviation writer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Isabel Suckling, English singer [category: Births]
• 1998: A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1999: Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women's activist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Pierlucio Tinazzi, Italian security guard (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country. [category: Events]
• 1999: Mont Blanc Tunnel fire kills 38 people [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2001: Muriel Young, English TV personality (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: César Milstein, Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Hans Hermann Groër, Austrian Catholic archbishop (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2006: Lynne Perrie, English actress (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, American jazz guitarist (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Hal Riney, American advertising executive (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Neil Aspinall, British record producer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Richard Widmark, American actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election. [category: Events]
• 2009: George Kell, American baseball player (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Jim Marshall, American photographer (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Johnny Maestro, American singer (Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge) (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Robert Culp, American actor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• _: Catherine of Vadstena [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Argentina) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mac Cairthinn of Clogher [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: March 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Simon of Trent (cult suppressed) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Tuberculosis Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]