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24 March, 2008
Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
24 March, 2007
The Australian Labor Party is reinstated after the New South Wales state elections.
24 March, 2006
Long-term protests in Belarus are broken by police.
24 March, 2006
Pope Benedict XVI adds 15 men to the College of Cardinals, in the first consistory of his Pontificate.
24 March, 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.
24 March, 2000
The S&P 500 reaches an all-time high of 1527.46.
24 March, 1999
Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
24 March, 1999
Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire: 39 people die when a Belgian transport truck carrying flour and margarine caught fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
24 March, 1998
Jonesboro massacre: Two students, ages 11 and 13, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are dead and ten are wounded.
24 March, 1998
A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.
24 March, 1989
Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 m³) of petroleum after running aground.
24 March, 1980
Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed by right-wing terrorists while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
24 March, 1976
Argentinas military forces depose president Isabel Perón and start the National Reorganization Process.
24 March, 1973
Kenyan track runner Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles, California, sanctioned by the International Track Association.
24 March, 1972
The United Kingdom imposes "Direct Rule" over Northern Ireland.
24 March, 1965
NASA spacecraft Ranger 9, equipped to convert its signals into a form suitable for showing on domestic television, brings images of the Moon into ordinary homes before crash-landing.
24 March, 1959
The Party of the African Federation (PFA) is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keita.
24 March, 1958
23 year-old RockNRoll singer Elvis Presley is officially inducted into the U.S.Army.
24 March, 1944
Ardeatine Massacre: German troops kill 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
24 March, 1944
World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III.
24 March, 1934
U.S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act.
24 March, 1923
Greece becomes a republic.
24 March, 1900
New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
24 March, 1882
Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis).
24 March, 1878
The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
24 March, 1868
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is formed.
24 March, 1837
Canada gives African men the right to vote.
24 March, 1832
In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr..
24 March, 1765
American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
24 March, 1731
An Act to naturalize Hieronimus De Salis Esquire passes.
24 March, 1603
James VI of Scotland also becomes James I King of England.
24 March, 1401
Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.

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