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.
- 1707 –The Acts of Union 1707 is signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 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.
- 1837 –Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote.
- 1878 –The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
- 1896 –A. A. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.
- 1907 –The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
- 1923 –Greece becomes a republic.
- 1934 –U.S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
- 1944 –Ardeatine Massacre: German troops kill 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1986 –The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
- 1993 –Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
- 1998 –A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.
- 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.
- 2003 –The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.
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