March 24

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.

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