March 24: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

March 24th marks the 83rd day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 84th in case of leap years). There are 282 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Aries. Famous birthdays on this day include Steve McQueen (1930), The Undertaker (1965) and Jessica Chastain (1977). Holidays and observances around the world include: International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims.
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Holidays

World Tuberculosis Day [WHO]
Saint Simeon (died 1475)
Ancient Latvia - Kazimiras Diena observed.
Saint Catharine of Sweden ((died 1381)

Events

2019 War in Afghanistan (2001 to present): Ten children and three adults are killed in an American airstrike in Afghanistan on Saturday morning. According to preliminary findings of the United Nations Assistance Mission, Afghanistan, the family was forced from their home due to the conflict.
2018 Terrorism In Egypt: As a motorcade with the head of security in Alexandria, Egypt passes by, a bomb placed beneath a car explodes, killing at least two persons.
2017 Insurgency in North Caucasus: Six Chechen soldiers and six militants are killed in an attack at night on a Russian National Guard station in Chechnya.
2016 Starboard Value LP is an activist hedge fund that launches a proxy contest in order to oust all the directors of Yahoo!
2015 Afghanistan War: At least 13 people are killed in an attack by gunmen on three vehicles, including a bus, in Wardak province's Sayad Abad.
2014 An attack on a military checkpoint, in eastern Yemen, kills twenty soldiers.
2013 War on Terror: A suicide bomber attacks a Pakistani military checkpoint located in North Waziristan's tribal district, killing at most 17 soldiers.
2012 Turkish security forces kill 15 Kurdish militants all women in the south-eastern Bitlis Province. These women were all members of the PKK.
2011 Arab Spring
2010 Robert Culp, a Hollywood actor (Kelly Robinson, Bill Maxwell, Everybody Loves Raymond), has died at the age of 79.
2009 The Lady Mary, a fishing boat, sinks off Cape May
2008 Former bank executive Steven Sueppel is facing embezzlement charges in Iowa City, Iowa. He beat his wife Sheryl Sueppel to death and their four adopted children. Then, he kills himself by driving his car into a signpost on the highway.
2007 Fighting between Senator Jean-Pierre Bemba's military and civilian forces has resulted in the deaths of at least 150 people in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo).
2006 Abdul Rahman should be executed, according to Kabul Clerics. He is accused of being apostasy in his conversion from Islam to Christianity.
2005 North Carolina State University paleontologists announce the discovery of structures that resemble blood vessels and red cells in the hindlimb fossil of Tyrannosaurus Rex. (Science Magazine) (BBC).
2004 The European Competition Commission has labeled Microsoft an abusive monopolist. The Commission demands that Microsoft offer European computer manufacturers two versions of Windows with and without Windows Media Player. It also requires that rivals share technical information about server software.
2003 The Arab League votes 21-1 for a resolution calling for the unconditional and immediate withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq.
2002 Whoopi Goldberg hosts the 74th Academy Awards. The Kodak Theatre is located in Hollywood, California. Best Picture was won by ''A Beautiful Mind.
2001 Apple Computer launches Mac OS X 10.0
2000 The S&P 500 index reached an intraday peak of 1,552.87. This is a peak that will be lost due to the collapse in the dot-com bubble.
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.
1997 69th Academy Awards: The English Patient, Tom Cruise and Frances McDormand win.
1996 16th Golden Raspberry Awards: Showgirls wins.
1994 Carousel opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 322 performances
1993 Ezer Weizman elected President of Israel.
1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space
1991 New York Yankees beat the New York Mets, 9-3
1990 Tom Hunter swims world record 50-metre freestyle (21.81 seconds).
1989 Mary Martin in Peter Pan, 1st seen on TV since 1973
1988 Gospel at Colonus opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 61 performances
1987 First Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win.
1986 58th Academy Awards - Out of Africa, William Hurt and G Page win
1985 5th Golden Raspberry Awards: Bolero wins
1984 IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics
1983 The redesigned 1984 model Corvette sports car goes on sale in California, USA.
1982 US submarine Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia.
1981 Nightline with Ted Koppel premieres on ABC
1980 Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks
1979 Ballroom closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 116 performances
1978 Wings release With a Little Luck
1976 In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Peron 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.
1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 rounds to retain the heavyweight boxing title.
1974 36th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Marquette 76-64; this ends UCLA's 7-year reign as NCAA basketball champions.
1973 San Francisco 49ers' president Lou Spadia proposes NFL expand to 30 teams.
1972 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland.
1968 Mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational.
1967 University of Michigan holds first "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam.
1966 US Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance.
1965 US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of crater Alphonsus.
1964 Kennedy half-dollar issued
1962 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue and Blue Boys
1961 New York Senate approves US$55 million for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows.
1960 US appeals court rules D.H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterly's Lover not obscene.
1959 Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact.
1958 Elvis Presley joins the army
1955 Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens for 694 performances
1953 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1952 Great demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa.
1950 Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship.
1949 21st Academy Awards: Hamlet, Laurence Olivier, and Jane Wyman win.
1947 US Congress proposes two-term limitation on the Presidency.
1946 The British Cabinet Mission, consisting of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander, arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
1945 Gen Eisenhower, Montgomery and Bradley discuss advance in Germany
1944 811 British bombers attack Berlin
1941 Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie for 20th Century Fox
1939 Marks the seventh successive year of the world wide boycott of all German exports initiated by front page declarations in Britain and the U.S. 'Judea declares war on Germany'
1937 Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18
1936 Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 minutes and 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0
1934 US declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945
1933 Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency.
1932 First US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker, WABC from Maryland).
1930 1st religious services telecast in US (W2XBS NYC)
1927 Cuban chess champion Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie.
1926 The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in the Netherlands
1925 KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions
1924 Greece becomes a republic.
1923 Greece becomes a republic.
1922 Grand National at Aintree sees only three horses out of 32 starters finish.
1913 Palace Theater opens at 1564 Broadway New York City.
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.
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