Historical Events In March - 24

1994  Robert F Kennedy Jr divorces Emily Black on March - 24.   

1994  Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist, dies at 81 on March - 24.   

1995  Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1996  16th Golden Raspberry Awards Showgirls wins on this day in history.   

1996  Eastenders star Michael French is reported to be a homosexual on March - 24.   

1996  Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament on this day in history.   

1996  On March - 24 mTA raises NYC bridge tolls to $3.50 each way   

1996  U.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid safely transfers to the Russian space station Mir from the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis for a planned five-month stay on this day in history.   

1996  Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga, singer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1996  16th Golden Raspberry Awards: Showgirls wins on this day in history.   

1997  69th Academy Awards "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win on March - 24.   

1997  Australian parliament overturns world's first &only euthanasia law on March - 24.   

1997  On March - 24 69th Academy Awards: "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win   

2000  Two 18-year-old boys are arrested in Britain on charges of breaking into e-commerce Internet sites in five countries, stealing information on more than 26,000 credit card accounts and posting some of it on the Web on this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan reaches its climax with the overthrow of president Askar Akayev.   

2012  African Union deploys 5,000 strong force with the aim of catching or killing warlord Joseph Kony on March - 24.   

2013  On March - 24 17 soldiers are killed by a suicide bomber at a military checkpoint in North Waziristan, Pakistan   

2014  Ukraine withdraws its forces from the Crimea on March - 24.   

2017  US President Donald Trump and Republican party forced to pull their attempt to repeal Obamacare after internal opposition on March - 24.   

2018  Tens of thousands attend 'March for Our Lives' rallies held in Washington D.C. and around the world to protest gun violence on March - 24.   

2018  American conducts it first ever drone strike against Qaeda militants in southern Libya on March - 24.   

2018  On this day in history hundreds of protesters shut down special meeting at Sacramento City Hall investigating police shooting of Stephon Clark   

2018  On this day in history australian batsman Cameron Bancroft is caught on camera rubbing match ball with an object during 3rd Cricket Test in Cape Town, resulting in an infamous ball tampering scandal   

2018  On this day in history in over 900 cities internationally, people participate in demonstrations against gun violence and mass shootings, calling for stronger gun control in the "March for Our Lives".   

2019  On this day in history the 2019 Thai general election takes place, for all 500 seats in the House of Representatives.   

2019  On March - 24 a four-page summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report into U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign is published by the U.S. Attorney General William Barr. It concludes that there was no collusion with Russia - the basis of the investigation - but on the issue of obstruction of justice states: "While this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him".   

2020  Indian PM Narendra Modi orders a 21 day lockdown for world's second most populous country of 1.3 billion people to deal with coronavirus COVID-19 on this day in history.   

2020  On this day in history japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces postponement of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games until summer of 2021 because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] India goes into lockdown to contain COVID-19. The total number of people in the world facing some form of pandemic-related movement restriction now exceeds 2.6 billion, a third of the global population on March - 24.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reports that the domestically transmitted epidemic was "basically blocked" and it is now under control on March - 24.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The International Olympic Committee and Japan suspend the 2020 Summer Olympics until 2021. On March 30, the Summer Olympics are rescheduled from July 23 to August 8, 2021 on this day in history.   

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on March - 24.   

1441  On March - 24 birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)   

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on March - 24.   

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on March - 24.   

1628  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

1630  On March - 24 birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  On March - 24 birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

1693  On March - 24 birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1284  On this day in history death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

1381  On this day in history death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on this day in history.   

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on March - 24.   

1455  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on March - 24.   

1471  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on March - 24.   

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.