March 24, 2024 at 8:33 a.m.
Today In History
Today In History – March 24
There are many events that happened on this date in history. Here are just a few of them!
March 24 is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 282 days remain until the end of the year.
HISTORICAL EVENTS
1603 - Scottish King James VI son of Mary Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to Elizabeth I, thus joining the English and Scottish crowns.
1721 - Johann Sebastian Bach dedicates his Brandenburg Concertos (to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt)
1837 - Canada gives black citizens the right to vote
1882 - German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB
1947 - John D. Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN
1976 - Argentine President Isabel Peron deposed by country's military
1999 - Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
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