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March 24 Historical Events

The following events took place on March 24. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 47 events. Showing 31 - 47.

  • 1972
    The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland.
  • 1973
    Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles.
  • 1976
    In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón 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.
  • 1980
    Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
  • 1986
    The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
  • 1989
    Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240000 oilbbl of crude oil after running aground.
  • 1993
    Discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9.
  • 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.
  • 1998
    A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.
  • 1998
    First Computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany
  • 1999
    Mont Blanc Tunnel fire kills 39 people.
  • 1999
    Kosovo War: NATO commences aerial bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
  • 2000
    S&P 500 index reaches an intraday high of 1,552.87, a peak that, due to the collapse of the dot-com bubble, it will not reach again for another seven-and-a-half years.
  • 2003
    The Arab League votes 21–1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.
  • 2008
    Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
  • 2014
    A train overruns the buffers at Chicago O'Hare Airport station, injuring 32 people.
  • 2015
    Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board.

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