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| Birthday March 24, 1755 Rufus King, (F), framer of US constitution, sen |
| Birthday March 24, 1834 John Wesley Powell, geologist |
| Birthday March 24, 1834 William Morris, Engl, artist |
| Birthday March 24, 1834 John Wesley Powell born |
| Birthday March 24, 1855 Andrew W. Mellon, financier |
| Birthday March 24, 1874 Harry Houdini, escape artist |
| Birthday March 24, 1884 Peter Debye, Dutch physical chemist (Nobel 1936) |
| Birthday March 24, 1902 Thomas E Dewey, Oh, Pres candidate |
| Birthday March 24, 1903 Malcolm Muggeridge, English writer |
| Birthday March 24, 1925 Norman Fell, (Mr Roper - 3s Company) |
| Birthday March 24, 1929 Roger Bannister, English runner; 1st 4-min mile |
| Birthday March 24, 1930 Steve McQueen, Actor |
| Birthday March 24, 1938 Larry Wilson, NFL back (Cardinals) |
| Birthday March 24, 1940 Bob Mackie, designer |
| Birthday March 24, 1954 Robert Carradine |
| Birthday March 24, 1959 Renaldo Nehemiah, track star |
| Birthday March 24, 1976 Peyton Manning born |
| History March 24, 1603 Queen Elizabeth I dies |
| History March 24, 1765 Britain enacts Quartering Act |
| History March 24, 1765 Parliament passes the Quartering Act |
| History March 24, 1860 Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF - 89 days out of NY |
| History March 24, 1862 Wendall Phillips booed in Cincinnati |
| History March 24, 1878 British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost |
| History March 24, 1882 German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB |
| History March 24, 1894 37 miners die at Franklin - Wash |
| History March 24, 1918 German forces cross the Somme River |
| History March 24, 1934 FDR grants future independence to Philippines |
| History March 24, 1936 Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins & 30 seconds of 9th period. 176 minute games is hockey's longest |
| History March 24, 1944 In occupied Rome - Nazis executed more than 300 civilians |
| History March 24, 1944 Wingate dies in Burma |
| History March 24, 1949 Truman signs off on aid to Palestine |
| History March 24, 1955 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens |
| History March 24, 1955 Tennessee Williams - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens on Broadway |
| History March 24, 1955 1st oil drill seagoing rig placed in service |
| History March 24, 1958 Elvis Presley is inducted into the U.S. Army |
| History March 24, 1958 Elvis Presley inducted into Army in Memphis Tenn |
| History March 24, 1965 First teach-in conducted |
| History March 24, 1965 US Ranger 9 strikes moon 10 miles NE of crater Alphonsus |
| History March 24, 1972 Great Britain imposed direct rule over N Ireland |
| History March 24, 1975 North Vietnamese launch Ho Chi Minh Campaign |
| History March 24, 1976 Argentine pres Isabel Peron deposed by country's milt |
| History March 24, 1977 United States and Cuba engage in direct negotiations |
| History March 24, 1980 Salvadoran death squads assassinate Archbishop Oscar Romero |
| History March 24, 1981 Nightline with Ted Koppel premiers |
| History March 24, 1986 US & Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra |
| History March 24, 1989 Exxon Valdez runs aground in Alaska |
| History March 24, 1996 Shannon Lucid enters Mir |
| History March 24, 1998 A school shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas, kills five |
| History March 24, 1999 NATO bombs Yugoslavia |
| History March 24, 2002 Halle Berry, Denzel Washington triumph at Oscars |
| History March 24, 2007 Ferrari's around-the-world relay stops in L.A. |
| History March 24, 2015 Germanwings pilot intentionally crashes plane, killing 150 people |