March 24 in History

Historical Events on March 24

1837 Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote.

1854 Slavery is abolished in Venezuela.

1907 The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.

1934 United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.

1944 World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.

1958 Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.

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.

1999 Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.

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Famous Birthdays on March 24

1938 David Irving

1965 The Undertaker

1976 Peyton Manning

1987 Shakib Al Hasan

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Famous Deaths on March 24

1603 Elizabeth I of England

1946 Alexander Alekhine

1976 Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

2016 Johan Cruyff

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