A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on March 24 throughout history.
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Scottish King James VI, son of Mary, Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to Elizabeth I, uniting the English and Scottish crowns
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the second-largest...
German scientist Robert Koch discovers and describes the tubercle bacillus, which causes tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), establishing germ theory
Isabel Martínez de Perón is an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976.
NATO commences an air bombardment against Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War, the first attack by NATO on a sovereign country
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 2014.
"Wuthering Heights" film based on the Emily Brontë novel, directed by William Wyler and starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier, premieres in Los Angeles
Johann Sebastian Bach dedicates his Brandenburg Concertos to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Australian batsman Cameron Bancroft is caught on camera rubbing the match ball with an object during the third cricket test in Cape Town, resulting in an infamous ball-tampering scandal
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to the summer of 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic
56th UK Prime Minister Bonar Law (32) weds Annie Robley at West Free Church in Helensburgh, Scotland
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and – though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties...
Comedian Oliver Hardy (29) marries actress Myrtle Reeves (24)
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United...
First War of the Guelderian Succession ends when Matilda and the Heeckerens are defeated by the Duchy of Jülich, forcing her to resign her rights to the Duchy of Guelders to her half-sister Maria's son, William
German Parliament opens in Worms
France and England sign the Peace of Boulogne
First game law is passed in the American colonies by Virginia
Jerome (aka Hieronimus) de Salis naturalised as British by Act of Parliamentary.
Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers
Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London
The Handel and Haydn Society is an American chorus and period instrument orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Philadelphia & Columbia Railway is authorized, the first state owned railway
State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam
Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States, although the city extends into Pottawatomie County.
Hurricane was a large extreme clipper of 1608 tons burthen built in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States in 1851.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms
Ciro Pinsuti's final opera "Mattia Corvino" first performance at the Teatro alla Scala, in Milan, Italy
HMS Eurydice was a 26-gun Royal Navy corvette which was the victim of one of Britain's worst peacetime naval disasters when she sank in a snowstorm off the Isle of Wight on 24 March 1878.
Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in CT
1st telephone call between NY & Chicago
Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey)
37 miners killed at Franklin, Washington
New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Census of the British Empire shows the United Kingdom rules one-fifth of the world's landmass
The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published
83°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March
Dutch soccer forward Huug de Groot scores twice as Netherlands score first ever victory over England; 2-1 at HBS, The Hague
German submarines torpedo the unarmed French cross-channel packet 'Sussex'
1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City, NC)
KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions
The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands
Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Belgian and Netherlands Wielingen Treaty
1st religious services telecast in US (W2XBS NYC)
1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)
Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency
Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network
Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons, 1-0 in 16:30 of 6th period of OT; record Stanley Cup playoff game lasts 9 periods (176 minutes)
Bus carrying a roller skater troupe to Cincinnati from St.Louis crashes into a bridge abutment in Salem, Illinois, killing 21 people
British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate (Somali: Maxmiyadda Dhulka Soomaalida), was a protectorate of the United Kingdom in the territory of modern Somaliland.
US government begins moving native-born citizens with Japanese ancestry into detention centres under Executive Order 9066, with intention of preventing home-grown espionage
Stalag Luft III (German: Stammlager Luft III; literally "Main Camp, Air, III"; SL III) was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during the Second World War, which held captured Western Allied...
21st Academy Awards: "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier & Jane Wyman win, Walter & John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win awards
Apartheid ( ə-PART-(h)yte, especially South African English: ə-PART-(h)ayt, Afrikaans: [aˈpart (ɦ)əit] ; transl. "separateness", lit. 'aparthood') was a system of institutionalised racial segregation...
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service
Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact
NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows
The Kennedy half dollar, first minted in 1964, is a fifty-cent coin issued by the United States Mint. Intended as a memorial to the assassinated 35th president of the United States John F.
Chivu Stoica (the family name being Chivu; 8 August [O.S. 26 July] 1918 – 18 February 1975) was a leading Romanian Communist politician, who served as President of the Council of Ministers (Prime...
Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance
University of Michigan holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation.
Dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors & Sjimmie" strip
Histoire de Melody Nelson is a 1971 concept album by French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, arranged and co-written by Jean-Claude Vannier.
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region.
Professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile
"With a Little Luck" is a single by the band Wings from their 1978 album London Town. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1978.
Columbia flown on carrier aircraft lands at Kennedy Space Center
Nightline (or ABC News Nightline) is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the...
Bombay beat Delhi by innings & 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy
US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia
Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (7:34.52)
5th Golden Raspberry (Razzie) Awards: "Bolero" wins
Daniel Francis Fouts is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) throughout his 15-season career...
Exxon tanker Valdez spills 10.8 million gallons of crude oil in Prince William Sound, near Tatitlek, Alaska
The Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war was the deployment of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka intended to perform a peacekeeping role.
Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space with the first Belgian astronaut on board, Dirk Frimout
Ezer Weizman was an Israeli major general and politician who served as the president of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998.
MTA raises NYC bridge tolls to $3.50 each way
A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.
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.
Long-term protests in Belarus are broken by police.
The Australian Labor Party is reinstated after the New South Wales state elections.
Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
Lee Kun-hee returns to Samsung Electronics chief executive officer (CEO) position after his resignation in April 21, 2008
African Union deploys 5,000 strong force with the aim of catching or killing warlord Joseph Kony
17 soldiers are killed by a suicide bomber at a military checkpoint in North Waziristan, Pakistan
The Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine are areas of southern and eastern Ukraine that are controlled by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the ongoing invasion.
The following is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Airbus A320 family and A320neo family of jet airliners.
American conducts its first ever drone strike against Al-Qaeda militants in southern Libya
2-time American League MVP Mike Trout signs the biggest contract in North American sports history, a $426.5 million, 12-year extension with the Los Angeles Angels
China's Hubei province, the original center of the COVID-19 outbreak, eases restrictions on travel after a nearly two-month lockdown
Africa's first centralised biobank - Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa, collecting more than a million biodiversity samples opens in Pretoria, South Africa [1]
Brazilian police arrest two politicians and a police chief for the notorious murder and its cover-up of politician and activist Marielle Franco in 2018 [1]
"The Atlantic" publishes "The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans" claiming US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth included a journalist in a group chat detailing airstrikes in Yemen [1]
John Harrison clockmaker, known for english clockmaker, was born on 1693-03-24. John Harrison (3 April [O.S.
Andrew Mellon businessman and politician, known for american businessman and politician, was born on 1855-03-24. Andrew William Mellon (March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937), known also as A. W.
Dorothy Height, American activist, known for american activist, was born on 1912-03-24.
Steve Ballmer, American businessman and investor, known for american businessman and investor, was born on 1957-03-24.
Harry Houdini, American escapologist and stuntman, known for american escapologist and stuntman, was born on 1874-03-24.
Joseph Barbera, American animator and cartoonist, known for american animator and cartoonist, was born on 1911-03-24. Joseph Roland Barbera was an American animator and cartoonist.
The Undertaker, American professional wrestler, known for american professional wrestler, was born on 1966-03-24.
Jim Parsons, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1974-03-24. James Joseph Parsons is an American actor.
Alyson Hannigan, American actress and television presenter, known for american actress and television presenter, was born on 1975-03-24.
Jessica Chastain, American actress and producer, known for american actress and producer, was born on 1978-03-24. Jessica Michelle Chastain is an American actress and producer.
Carol Kaye, American musician, known for american bass guitarist, was born on 1936-03-24. Carol Kaye is an American musician.
Alex Olmedo, American athlete, known for peruvian tennis player, was born on 1936-03-24.
Alan Sugar, British athlete, known for british businessman and media personality, was born on 1948-03-24. Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar is a British businessman and television personality.
Pat Bradley is born
Peyton Manning, American athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1977-03-24.
Clyde Barrow is born
Martin Walser, German writer, known for german writer, was born on 1927-03-24. Martin Johannes Walser was a German writer, known especially as a novelist.
Steve McQueen, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1930-03-24. Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor.
David Suzuki, Canadian scientist and environmentalist, known for canadian scientist and environmentalist, was born on 1937-03-24.
Elizabeth I dies
Bernard Montgomery, British army officer, known for british army officer, died on 1976-03-24.
Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager, known for dutch footballer and manager, died on 2016-03-24.
Albert Uderzo, French comic book artist, known for french comic book artist, died on 2020-03-24.
First War of the Guelderian Succession ends when Matilda and the Heeckerens are defeated by the Duchy of Jülich, forcing her to resign her rights to the Duchy of Guelders to her half-sister Maria's son, William
German Parliament opens in Worms
France and England sign the Peace of Boulogne
Scottish King James VI, son of Mary, Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to Elizabeth I, uniting the English and Scottish crowns
Elizabeth I dies
First game law is passed in the American colonies by Virginia
John Harrison clockmaker, known for english clockmaker, was born on 1693-03-24. John Harrison (3 April [O.S.
Johann Sebastian Bach dedicates his Brandenburg Concertos to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Jerome (aka Hieronimus) de Salis naturalised as British by Act of Parliamentary.
Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers
Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London
The Handel and Haydn Society is an American chorus and period instrument orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Philadelphia & Columbia Railway is authorized, the first state owned railway
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the second-largest...
State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam
Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States, although the city extends into Pottawatomie County.
Andrew Mellon businessman and politician, known for american businessman and politician, was born on 1855-03-24. Andrew William Mellon (March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937), known also as A. W.
Hurricane was a large extreme clipper of 1608 tons burthen built in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States in 1851.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms
Harry Houdini, American escapologist and stuntman, known for american escapologist and stuntman, was born on 1874-03-24.
Ciro Pinsuti's final opera "Mattia Corvino" first performance at the Teatro alla Scala, in Milan, Italy
HMS Eurydice was a 26-gun Royal Navy corvette which was the victim of one of Britain's worst peacetime naval disasters when she sank in a snowstorm off the Isle of Wight on 24 March 1878.
Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in CT
German scientist Robert Koch discovers and describes the tubercle bacillus, which causes tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), establishing germ theory
1st telephone call between NY & Chicago
Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey)
56th UK Prime Minister Bonar Law (32) weds Annie Robley at West Free Church in Helensburgh, Scotland
37 miners killed at Franklin, Washington
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and – though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties...
New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Census of the British Empire shows the United Kingdom rules one-fifth of the world's landmass
The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published
Clyde Barrow is born
83°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March
Joseph Barbera, American animator and cartoonist, known for american animator and cartoonist, was born on 1911-03-24. Joseph Roland Barbera was an American animator and cartoonist.
Dorothy Height, American activist, known for american activist, was born on 1912-03-24.
Dutch soccer forward Huug de Groot scores twice as Netherlands score first ever victory over England; 2-1 at HBS, The Hague
German submarines torpedo the unarmed French cross-channel packet 'Sussex'
1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City, NC)
Comedian Oliver Hardy (29) marries actress Myrtle Reeves (24)
KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions
The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands
Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Belgian and Netherlands Wielingen Treaty
Martin Walser, German writer, known for german writer, was born on 1927-03-24. Martin Johannes Walser was a German writer, known especially as a novelist.
1st religious services telecast in US (W2XBS NYC)
Steve McQueen, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1930-03-24. Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor.
1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)
Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency
Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network
Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons, 1-0 in 16:30 of 6th period of OT; record Stanley Cup playoff game lasts 9 periods (176 minutes)
Carol Kaye, American musician, known for american bass guitarist, was born on 1936-03-24. Carol Kaye is an American musician.
Alex Olmedo, American athlete, known for peruvian tennis player, was born on 1936-03-24.
Bus carrying a roller skater troupe to Cincinnati from St.Louis crashes into a bridge abutment in Salem, Illinois, killing 21 people
David Suzuki, Canadian scientist and environmentalist, known for canadian scientist and environmentalist, was born on 1937-03-24.
"Wuthering Heights" film based on the Emily Brontë novel, directed by William Wyler and starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier, premieres in Los Angeles
British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate (Somali: Maxmiyadda Dhulka Soomaalida), was a protectorate of the United Kingdom in the territory of modern Somaliland.
US government begins moving native-born citizens with Japanese ancestry into detention centres under Executive Order 9066, with intention of preventing home-grown espionage
Stalag Luft III (German: Stammlager Luft III; literally "Main Camp, Air, III"; SL III) was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during the Second World War, which held captured Western Allied...
Alan Sugar, British athlete, known for british businessman and media personality, was born on 1948-03-24. Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar is a British businessman and television personality.
21st Academy Awards: "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier & Jane Wyman win, Walter & John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win awards
Apartheid ( ə-PART-(h)yte, especially South African English: ə-PART-(h)ayt, Afrikaans: [aˈpart (ɦ)əit] ; transl. "separateness", lit. 'aparthood') was a system of institutionalised racial segregation...
Pat Bradley is born
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service
Steve Ballmer, American businessman and investor, known for american businessman and investor, was born on 1957-03-24.
Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact
NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows
The Kennedy half dollar, first minted in 1964, is a fifty-cent coin issued by the United States Mint. Intended as a memorial to the assassinated 35th president of the United States John F.
Chivu Stoica (the family name being Chivu; 8 August [O.S. 26 July] 1918 – 18 February 1975) was a leading Romanian Communist politician, who served as President of the Council of Ministers (Prime...
Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance
The Undertaker, American professional wrestler, known for american professional wrestler, was born on 1966-03-24.
University of Michigan holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation.
Dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors & Sjimmie" strip
Histoire de Melody Nelson is a 1971 concept album by French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, arranged and co-written by Jean-Claude Vannier.
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region.
Professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile
Jim Parsons, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1974-03-24. James Joseph Parsons is an American actor.
Alyson Hannigan, American actress and television presenter, known for american actress and television presenter, was born on 1975-03-24.
Isabel Martínez de Perón is an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976.
Bernard Montgomery, British army officer, known for british army officer, died on 1976-03-24.
Peyton Manning, American athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1977-03-24.
"With a Little Luck" is a single by the band Wings from their 1978 album London Town. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1978.
Jessica Chastain, American actress and producer, known for american actress and producer, was born on 1978-03-24. Jessica Michelle Chastain is an American actress and producer.
Columbia flown on carrier aircraft lands at Kennedy Space Center
Nightline (or ABC News Nightline) is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the...
Bombay beat Delhi by innings & 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy
US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia
Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (7:34.52)
5th Golden Raspberry (Razzie) Awards: "Bolero" wins
Daniel Francis Fouts is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) throughout his 15-season career...
Exxon tanker Valdez spills 10.8 million gallons of crude oil in Prince William Sound, near Tatitlek, Alaska
The Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war was the deployment of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka intended to perform a peacekeeping role.
Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space with the first Belgian astronaut on board, Dirk Frimout
Ezer Weizman was an Israeli major general and politician who served as the president of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998.
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United...
MTA raises NYC bridge tolls to $3.50 each way
A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.
NATO commences an air bombardment against Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War, the first attack by NATO on a sovereign country
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.
Long-term protests in Belarus are broken by police.
The Australian Labor Party is reinstated after the New South Wales state elections.
Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
Lee Kun-hee returns to Samsung Electronics chief executive officer (CEO) position after his resignation in April 21, 2008
African Union deploys 5,000 strong force with the aim of catching or killing warlord Joseph Kony
17 soldiers are killed by a suicide bomber at a military checkpoint in North Waziristan, Pakistan
The Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine are areas of southern and eastern Ukraine that are controlled by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the ongoing invasion.
The following is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Airbus A320 family and A320neo family of jet airliners.
Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager, known for dutch footballer and manager, died on 2016-03-24.
Australian batsman Cameron Bancroft is caught on camera rubbing the match ball with an object during the third cricket test in Cape Town, resulting in an infamous ball-tampering scandal
American conducts its first ever drone strike against Al-Qaeda militants in southern Libya
2-time American League MVP Mike Trout signs the biggest contract in North American sports history, a $426.5 million, 12-year extension with the Los Angeles Angels
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 2014.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to the summer of 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic
China's Hubei province, the original center of the COVID-19 outbreak, eases restrictions on travel after a nearly two-month lockdown
Albert Uderzo, French comic book artist, known for french comic book artist, died on 2020-03-24.
Africa's first centralised biobank - Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa, collecting more than a million biodiversity samples opens in Pretoria, South Africa [1]
Brazilian police arrest two politicians and a police chief for the notorious murder and its cover-up of politician and activist Marielle Franco in 2018 [1]
"The Atlantic" publishes "The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans" claiming US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth included a journalist in a group chat detailing airstrikes in Yemen [1]