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