Events of the day 24 March
Events of day 24 March
1401:
Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.
1603:
James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.
1603:
Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.
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.
1720:
Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February
1721:
Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
1731:
Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.
1765:
Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
1794:
In Kraków, Tadeusz Kościuszko announces a general uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia, and assumes the powers of the Commander in Chief of all of the Polish forces.
1829:
The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.
1832:
In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith.
1837:
Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote.
1854:
Slavery is abolished in Venezuela.
1860:
Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
1869:
The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
1878:
The British frigate {{HMS|Eurydice|1843|6}} sinks, killing more than 300.
1882:
Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
1885:
Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
1896:
A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.
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.
1907:
The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
1921:
The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
1927:
Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
1933:
The Enabling Act passed in both the Reichstag and Reichsrat.
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.
1946:
A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
1958:
Rock'n roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
1961:
Quebec Board of the French Language is established.
1965:
Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television.
1973:
Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles.
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.
1977:
Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister of India, the first Prime Minister not to belong to Indian National Congress.
1980:
El Salvadorian Archbishop Óscar Romero is assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
1986:
The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
1989:
In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills {{convert|240000|oilbbl|m3}} of crude oil after running aground.
1993:
Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
1998:
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 3,000 others.
1998:
First computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany
1999:
Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council ('UNSC') approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
1999:
A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.
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.
2008:
Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
2015:
Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board.
Celebrations 24 March
1940:
Was born Elena Balan-Osiac.
1927:
Was born George Damian.
1960:
Was born Dan Giosu.
1925:
Was born Dinu Ianculescu.
1944:
Was born Mihai Spariosu.
1941:
Was born Dumitru Tiganiuc.
1949:
Was born Constantin Zarnescu.
1988:
Was born Valentin Joghiu.
1903:
