On March 24....
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1707
The Acts of Union 1707 are signed uniting the Kingdoms of England and Scotland creating Great Britian
1721
The Brandenburg Concertos are dedicated by Johann Sebastian Bach
1765
The Quartering Act is passed requiring the American Colonist to Quarter British Troops
1832
The Mormon leader Joseph Smith Jr. is tarred and feathered in Hiram, Ohio
1900
Ground is broken for the New York Subway connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn by Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyk
1944
76 Allied Prisoners escape setting the events for the movie "The Great Escape"
1958
Elvis Pressley is drafted into the Army
1989
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
1998
Jonesboro Massacre-School Shootings
1999
NATO commences bombing raids of Kosovo
March 24 Births
1755-Rufus King
1874-Harry Houdini
1887-Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
1902-Thomas Dewey
1915-"Gorgeous" George Wagner
1924-Norman Fell
1944-R. Lee Ermey
1947-Dennis Erickson
1951-Tommy Hilfiger
1954-Robert Carradine
1960-Kelly LeBrock
1960-Scott Pruett
1962-Star Jones
1973-Jim Parsons
1974-Allyson Hanigan
1976-Aaron Brooks
1976-Peyton Manning
1982-Corey Hart
1983-T.J. Ford
1984-Chris Bosh
1990-Starlin Castro
March 24 Deaths
1882-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1905-Jules Verne
1984-Sam Jaffe
1999-Birdie Tebbetts
2008-Richard Widmark
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