About March 24
March 24, 2025 is the 83rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 282 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Aries is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 330 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
March 24: More About This Day
March 24th is the 365th and last day of the year in many European implementations of the Julian calendar.
What Happened On March 24
- 1603 –James VI of Scotland also becomes James I of England.
- 1603 –Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yozei, and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo, Japan.
- 1731 –Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.
- 1765 –American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
- 1829 –Catholic Emancipation: The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.
- 1832 –In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr.
- 1860 –Sakuradamon incident (1860): Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke
- 1878 –The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
- 1900 –Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground “Rapid Transit Railroad” that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
- 1907 –The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
- 1923 –Greece becomes a republic.
- 1944 –World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III.
- 1946 –The British Cabinet Mission, consisting of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander, arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
- 1958 –Rock'N'Roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
- 1959 –The Party of the African Federation is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keita.
- 1972 –The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland.
- 1976 –In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process. Since 2006, a public holiday known as Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice is held on this day.
- 1989 –Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240000 oilbbl of petroleum after running aground.
- 1998 –Jonesboro massacre: Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.
- 2008 –Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
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