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March 24
(Redirected from 24 March)
March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). There are 282 days remaining.
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Events
up to 19th century
20th century
21st century
Births
up to 19th century
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1494 - Georg Agricola, scientist ("The Father of Mineralogy") (d. 1555)
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1657 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese Confucianist, poet, politician, and writer (d. 1725)
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1834 - John Wesley Powell, explorer, environmentalist, (d. 1902)
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1835 - Jožef Stefan, Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet, (d. 1893)
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1855 - Andrew Mellon, financier, (d. 1937)
- 1855 - Olive Schreiner, writer (d. 1920)
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1874 - Harry Houdini, magician, (d. 1926)
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1886 - Edward Weston, photographer (d. 1958)
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1887 - Fatty Arbuckle, actor, (d. 1933)
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1889 - Albert Hill, British athlete (d. 1969)
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1891 - John Knittel , dramatist, (d. 1970)
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1893 - Walter Baade, astronomer (d. 1960)
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1897 - Wilhelm Reich, psychotherapist, (d. 1957)
20th century
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1901 - Ub Iwerks, cartoonist, (d. 1971)
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1902 - Thomas Dewey, politician, (d. 1971)
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1911 - Joseph Barbera, cartoonist
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1919 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author and publisher
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1923 - Kermit Schafer , humorist, (d. 1979)
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1924 - Norman Fell, actor (d. 1998)
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1926 - Dario Fo, author, 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature
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1927 - Martin Walser, author
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1928 - Byron Janis, American pianist
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1930 - Steve McQueen, film director and producer, (d. 1980)
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1935 - Peter Bichsel, writer
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1936 - David Suzuki, environmentalist
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1940 - Bob Mackie , costume designer
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1949 - Nick Lowe, musician
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1951 - Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer
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1954 - Robert Carradine, actor (Revenge of the Nerds, Lizzie McGuire)
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1970 - Lara Flynn Boyle, actress (The Practice)
- 1970 - Sharon Corr, musician ("The Corrs")
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1974 - Alyson Hannigan, actress
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1976 - Peyton Manning, NFL star
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1990 - Keisha Castle-Hughes, actress
Deaths
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809 - Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid caliph (b. 763)
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1455 - Pope Nicholas V, the first Renaissance pope (b. 1397)
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1603 - Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. 1533)
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1869 - Antoine-Henri Jomini, General (b. 1779)
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1882 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, author (b. 1807)
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1905 - Jules Verne, author (b. 1828)
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1909 - John Millington Synge, playwright (b. 1871)
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1944 - Orde Wingate, British soldier (b. 1903)
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1946 - Alexander Alekhine, chess champion (b. 1892)
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1953 - Mary of Teck, wife of King George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
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1962 - Jean Goldkette, jazz musician (b. 1899)
- 1962 - Auguste Piccard, physicist and explorer (b. 1884)
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1972 - Cristobal Balenciaga, couturier
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1975 - Ivo Andric, Croatian writer (b. 1892)
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1976 - Bernard Montgomery, British Field Marshal (b. 1887)
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1980 - Óscar Romero, Archbishop of El Salvador (b. 1917)
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1984 - Sam Jaffe, actor (b. 1891)
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1990 - An Wang, computer pioneer (b. 1920)
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1993 - John Hersey, author (b. 1914)
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1999 - Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German Women's leader during Germany's Third Reich. (b. 1902)
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1999 - Birdie Tebbetts, Major League Baseball catcher and manager (b. 1912)
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2003 - Hans Hermann Groër, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (1986 - 1995)
Holidays and observances
March 23 - March 25 - February 24 - April 24 -- listing of all days
Last updated: 02-08-2005 11:26:07
Last updated: 05-03-2005 17:50:55
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