03-24-2005, 06:13 AM
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March 24th
1765 ~ American Revolutionary War: The U.K. Parliament passes the Quartering Act that requires the 13 American colonies to house British troops.
1874 ~ Birthday of Harry Houdini, Magician.
1882 ~ Robert Koch announced the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
1882 ~ Death of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet.
1893 ~ Birthday of Walter Baade, Astronomer.
1905 ~ Death of Jules Verne, Author.
1980 ~ Archbishop Óscar Romero was killed by gunmen while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
1989 ~ Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Alaska's Prince William Sound the Exxon Valdez spilled 240,000 barrels of oil after running aground.
1999 ~ Kosovo War: NATO launched air strikes against Yugoslavia. This marked the first time NATO attacked a sovereign nation.
1999 ~ Death of Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German Women's leader during Germany's Third Reich.
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