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March 24th


- Christian Feast Day:
- Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Argentina)
- Student Day (Church of Scientology)
- World Tuberculosis Day (International)


March 24th


- 2008 - Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
- 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.
- 2001 - Apple Inc. releases the first version of the Mac OS X operating system .
- 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.
- 1999 - Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
- 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.
- 1998 - A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.
- 1993 - Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
- 1989 - Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 mł) of petroleum after running aground.
- 1986 - The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
- 1980 - Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
- 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. Since 2006, a public holiday known as Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice is held on this day.
- 1976 - A general strike takes place in the People's Republic of Congo.
- 1973 - Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles, California.
- 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.
- 1959 - The Party of the African Federation is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keita.
- 1958 - Entertainer Elvis Presley is conscripted into the U.S. Army.
- 1944 - Ardeatine Massacre: German troops kill 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
- 1944 - World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III.
- 1936 - The longest game in NHL history is played between Detroit and Montreal. Detroit scored at 16:30 of the sixth overtime and won the game 1-0.
- 1934 - U.S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
- 1923 - Greece becomes a republic.
- 1907 - The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
- 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.
- 1896 - A. A. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.
- 1882 - Robert Koch announces the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
- 1878 - The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
- 1837 - Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote.
- 1832 - In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr..
- 1765 - American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
- 1731 - Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.
- 1603 - James VI of Scotland also becomes James I of England.
- 1603 - Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yozei, and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo, Japan.
- 1401 - Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.


March 24th


- 1990 - Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian/New Zealand actress
- 1988 - Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1986 - Kohei Hirate, Japanese racing driver
- 1986 - Tony McMahon, English footballer
- 1985 - Haruka Ayase, Japanese actress and model
- 1985 - Amanda Lameche, Swedish singer
- 1984 - Adrian D'Souza, Indian field hockey player
- 1984 - Chris Bosh, American basketball player
- 1984 - Benoît Assou-Ekotto, French footballer
- 1983 - Luca Ceccarelli, Italian footballer
- 1983 - T. J. Ford, American basketball player
- 1983 - Kelvin Kwan, Hong Kong singer
- 1983 - Riccardo Musetti, Italian footballer
- 1982 - Corey Hart, American baseball player
- 1982 - Christian Hug, German rugby player
- 1982 - Dustin McGowan, American baseball player
- 1982 - Nivea, American singer
- 1982 - Jack Swagger, American professional wrestler
- 1981 - Mike Adams, American football player
- 1981 - Ron Hainsey, American ice hockey player
- 1981 - Dirk Hayhurst, American baseball player
- 1980 - Tassos Venetis, Greek footballer
- 1979 - Lake Bell, American actress
- 1979 - Emraan Hashmi, Indian actor
- 1979 - Norris Hopper, American baseball player
- 1979 - Periklis Iakovakis, Greek athlete
- 1979 - Graeme Swann, English cricketer
- 1978 - Michael Braun, Australian rules footballer
- 1978 - Kaori Mochida, Japanese singer (Every Little Thing)
- 1977 - Corneille, Rwandan/Canadian singer
- 1977 - Angellica Bell, English TV presenter
- 1977 - Olivia Burnette, American actress
- 1977 - Darren Lockyer, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1976 - Aaron Brooks, American football player
- 1976 - Aliou Cissé, Senegalese footballer
- 1976 - Athanasios Kostoulas, Greek footballer
- 1976 - Peyton Manning, American football player
- 1975 - Thomas Johansson, Swedish tennis player
- 1975 - Krisdayanti, Indonesian singer, actress and diva
- 1974 - Chad Butler, American drummer (Switchfoot)
- 1974 - Alyson Hannigan, American actress
- 1973 - Jacek B?k, Polish footballer
- 1973 - Philippe Boucher, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 - Jim Parsons, American Film And Television Actor
- 1973 - Steve Corica, Australian footballer
- 1973 - Mette Jacobsen, Danish swimmer
- 1972 - Steve Karsay, American baseball player
- 1971 - Megyn Price, American actress
- 1970 - Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress
- 1970 - Sharon Corr, Irish musician (The Corrs)
- 1970 - Judith Draxler, Austrian swimmer
- 1970 - Mike Vanderjagt, Canadian football player
- 1969 - Houston, American pornographic actress
- 1965 - Patrick Scales, British-German electric bass guitar player
- 1965 - Peter Jacobson, American actor
- 1965 - Gurmit Singh, Singaporean actor
- 1965 - The Undertaker, American professional wrestler
- 1964 - Annabella Sciorra, American actress
- 1962 - Angčle Dubeau, Canadian violinist
- 1962 - Star Jones, American television personality
- 1961 - Dean Jones, Australian cricketer
- 1960 - Kelly LeBrock, American actress
- 1960 - Barry Horowitz, American professional wrestler
- 1960 - Nena, German pop singer
- 1960 - Scott Pruett, American race car driver
- 1959 - Derek Statham, English footballer
- 1958 - Mike Woodson, American basketball player and head coach
- 1957 - Pierre Harvey, Canadian cyclist and cross-country skier
- 1956 - Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
- 1955 - Doug Jarvis, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1954 - Donna Pescow, American actress
- 1954 - Robert Carradine, American actor
- 1953 - Louie Anderson, American comedian
- 1951 - Pat Bradley, American golfer
- 1951 - Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer
- 1951 - Dougie Thomson, British bassist
- 1949 - Nick Lowe, British musician
- 1949 - Ruud Krol, Dutch footballer
- 1949 - Tabitha Spruce, American writer, poet and activist
- 1948 - Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer, second person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders (d. 1989)
- 1947 - Christine Gregoire, American politician, 22nd Governor of Washington
- 1947 - Meiko Kaji, Japanese singer and actress
- 1947 - Alan Sugar, English businessman
- 1946 - Klaus Dinger, German musician (d. 2008)
- 1945 - Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist
- 1945 - Curtis Hanson, American film director
- 1944 - R. Lee Ermey, American actor
- 1944 - Vojislav Kotunica, Serbian Prime Minister
- 1940 - Bob Mackie, American fashion designer
- 1940 - Don Jardine, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2006)
- 1938 - Holger Czukay, German musician (Can)
- 1938 - David Irving, British historian
- 1937 - Billy Stewart, American singer (d. 1970)
- 1936 - David Suzuki, Canadian scientist and environmentalist
- 1935 - Peter Bichsel, Swiss writer
- 1934 - William Smith, American actor
- 1931 - Hanno Drechsler, German politician (d. 2003)
- 1930 - David Dacko, 1st and 3rd President of the Central African Republic (d. 2003)
- 1930 - Agustín González, Spanish actor (d. 2005)
- 1930 - Steve McQueen, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1928 - Byron Janis, American pianist
- 1927 - Martin Walser, German author
- 1926 - Desmond Connell, Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin
- 1926 - Dario Fo, Italian writer, Nobel laureate
- 1925 - Puig Aubert, French rugby league footballer (d. 1994)
- 1924 - Norman Fell, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1923 - Murray Hamilton, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1922 - Onna White, Canadian choreographer (d. 2005)
- 1921 - Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player (d. 2010)
- 1920 - Gene Nelson, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1919 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American author and publisher
- 1919 - Robert Heilbroner, American economist (d. 2005)
- 1917 - John Kendrew, British molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
- 1917 - Constantine Andreou, Greek-Brazilian artist (d. 2007)
- 1916 - Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American novelist (d. 2006)
- 1916 - Harry Blackmore Whittington, British palaeontologist (d. 2010)
- 1915 - Gorgeous George, American professional wrestler (d. 1963)
- 1912 - Dorothy Height, American activist (d. 2010)
- 1911 - Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
- 1910 - Richard Conte, American actor (d. 1975)
- 1907 - Paul Sauvé, Quebec politician (d. 1960)
- 1906 - Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet singer (d. 1984)
- 1905 - Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (d. 2007)
- 1903 - Adolf Butenandt, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1995)
- 1903 - Malcolm Muggeridge, British author and scholar (d. 1990)
- 1902 - Thomas Dewey, American politician (d. 1971)
- 1901 - Ub Iwerks, American cartoonist (d. 1971)
- 1897 - Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-born psychotherapist (d. 1957)
- 1893 - George Sisler, American baseball player (d. 1973)
- 1893 - Walter Baade, German astronomer (d. 1960)
- 1891 - Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Soviet physicist (d. 1951)
- 1889 - Albert Hill, British athlete (d. 1969)
- 1888 - Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (d. 1922)
- 1887 - Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor (d. 1933)
- 1886 - Edward Weston, American photographer (d. 1958)
- 1886 - Athenagoras I, 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)
- 1884 - Peter Debye, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1966)
- 1884 - Eugčne Tisserant, French Cardinal and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (d. 1972)
- 1874 - Harry Houdini, (Weisz Erik), Hungarian-born magician (d. 1926)
- 1874 - Luigi Einaudi, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (d. 1961)
- 1855 - Andrew Mellon, American financier (d. 1937)
- 1855 - Olive Schreiner, South African writer (d. 1920)
- 1850 - Silas Hocking, British novelist and preacher (d. 1935)
- 1848 - Honoré Beaugrand, Quebec journalist and newspaper publisher (La Patrie) (d. 1906)
- 1835 - Joef Stefan, Slovenian physicist (d. 1893)
- 1834 - William Morris, English writer and designer (d. 1896)
- 1834 - John Wesley Powell, American explorer and environmentalist (d. 1902)
- 1830 - Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (d. 1889)
- 1829 - George Francis Train, American businessman (d. 1904)
- 1829 - Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican general (d. 1862)
- 1828 - Horace Gray, American jurist and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1902)
- 1820 - A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1891)
- 1820 - Fanny Crosby, American hymnist (d. 1915)
- 1809 - Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (d. 1837)
- 1809 - Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (d. 1882)
- 1808 - Maria Malibran, Spanish-French singer (d. 1836)
- 1796 - John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (d. 1878)
- 1782 - Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (d. 1836)
- 1755 - Rufus King, American politician (d. 1827)
- 1725 - Samuel Ashe, 9th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813)
- 1725 - Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1788)
- 1693 - John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)
- 1657 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)
- 1628 - Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)
- 1607 - Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (d. 1667)
- 1494 - Georg Agricola, German scientist (d. 1555)