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Tuesday, 24 March 2026
1839 Guatemala forms republic. 
1845 Isabel Barrows, US, editor/penologist (Conference on Negro Question).
1852 Asteroid 17, Thetis discovered
1852 R Luther discovers asteroid #17 Thetis.
1853 US Marine Hospital at Presidio (SF) established.
1853 Thorbecke govt steps down.
1854 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74.
1861 Asteroid 67, Asia discovered
1861 N R Pogson discovers asteroid #67 Asia.
1861 Virginia become 8th state to secede
1861 Indianola TX-"Star of West" taken by Confederacy
1863 R Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA
1863 Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer/conductor.
1863 Daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61.
1864 Battle of Plymouth, NC
1865 Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination.
1868 Charles R Gallas, Dutch lexicographer (French dictionary).
1869 1st pro baseball games-Cin Reds 24, Cin amateurs 15.
1869 Johannes M Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher.
1870 Ray Stannard Baker, US, journalist (Puliter Prize 1940).
1873 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60
1875 "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain
1876 Ian Hay, Scotland, novelist/playwright (PIp, Carrying On)
1881 Anton Wildgans, writer
1882 Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas)
1883 Hermann Darewsky, composer.
1885 Cecil Burleigh, composer
1886 Otto Lederer, Czechoslovakia, actor (Jazz Singer).
1888 J Palisa discovers asteroid #276 Adelheid
1890 Art Acord, Glenwood Sevier UT, western actor (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists)
1890 John Barnett, composer, dies at 87.
1891 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77.
1892 1st Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1.
1892 Jean PJC Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist.
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