March 24

Today's Events

  • 1765
    Britain enacts Quartering Act
  • 1860
    Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF - 89 days out of NY
  • 1878
    British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost
  • 1882
    German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB
  • 1894
    37 miners die at Franklin - Wash
  • 1934
    FDR grants future independence to Philippines
  • 1936
    Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins & 30 seconds of 9th period. 176 minute games is hockey's longest
  • 1944
    In occupied Rome - Nazis executed more than 300 civilians
  • 1955
    Tennessee Williams - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens on Broadway
  • 1955
    1st oil drill seagoing rig placed in service
  • 1958
    Elvis Presley inducted into Army in Memphis Tenn
  • 1965
    US Ranger 9 strikes moon 10 miles NE of crater Alphonsus
  • 1972
    Great Britain imposed direct rule over N Ireland
  • 1976
    Argentine pres Isabel Peron deposed by country's milt
  • 1980
    Salvadoran death squads assassinate Archbishop Oscar Romero
  • 1981
    Nightline with Ted Koppel premiers
  • 1986
    US & Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra
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