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| About March 24th is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 282 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. March 24th is World Tuberculosis Day. Births 1755 - Rufus King, American founding father 1826 - Matilda Joslyn Gage, suffragist, activist, author 1834 - William Morris, designer, craftsman, poet 1855 - Andrew Mellon, banker, philanthropist, Treasury Secretary 1874 - Harry Houdini, magician, escapologist 1887 - Roscoe Arbuckle, silent film comedian, screenwriter\ 1902 - Thomas E. Dewey, New York Governor, presidential candidate 1909 - Clyde Barrow, robber (Bonnie and Clyde) 1911 - Joseph Barbera, animator, cartoonist (Hanna-Barbera) 1928 - Vanessa Brown, televison and radio actress 1951 - Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer 1962 - The Undertaker, professional wrestler 1974 - Alyson Hannigan, actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 1976 - Peyton Manning, football quarterback Deaths 1455 - Pope Nicholas V, Pope from 1447 to 1455 1882 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet, educator 1993 - John Hersey, author, journalist 2009 - George Kell, Hall of Fame baseball player Events 1765 - Britain enacts the Quartering Act, which required American colonists to provide temporary housing for British soldiers. 1882 - Robert Koch announces the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis. 1973 - Pink Floyd release their hit album "Dark Side of the Moon". 1989 - The tanker Exxon Valdez strikes a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound, spilling an estimated eleven million gallons of oil. 2001 - Apple Inc. releases the first version of the Mac OS X operating system. 2005 - The United States Supreme Court denies an appeal from the parents of Terri Schiavo to have a feeding tube reinserted into the brain-damaged woman. |
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