March 24
1603 - Queen Elizabeth I died at age 69 after ruling England for more than 40 years.
1765 - Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.
1832 - A mob in Hiram, Ohio, attacked, tarred and feathered Mormon leaders Joseph Smith Jr. and Sidney Rigdon.
1882 - Robert Koch announced the discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus.
1883 - Long-distance telephone service was inaugurated between Chicago and New York City.
1934 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill granting future independence to the Philippines.
1949 - Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet" became the first British film to win an Oscar.
1958 - Rock-n-roll star Elvis Presley joined the U.S. Army for two years.
1976 - The president of Argentina, Isabel Peron, was deposed by her country’s military.
1977 - Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was named archbishop of Munich and Freising in Germany.
1980 - One of El Salvador’s most respected Roman Catholic Church leaders, Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, was shot to death by a sniper as he celebrated Mass in San Salvador.
1989 - In one of the worst oil spills in recent history, the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground and released more than 240,000 barrels of oil into Prince William Sound off the coast of Alaska.
1995 - After 20 years, British soldiers stopped routine patrols in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1998 - A 13-year-old boy and his 11-year-old cousin opened fire outside their school in Jonesboro, Arkansas, killing four students and a teacher and injuring 10.
1999 - NATO began launching air strikes in an attempt to force Serbia to cease hostilities against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
1999 - Thirty-nine people were killed when fire erupted in the Mont Blanc tunnel in France and burned for two days.
2001 - Apple Computer Inc.'s operating system Mac OS X went on sale.
2002 - Halle Berry became the first African-American actress to win a best actress Oscar and Denzel Washington became just the second African-American male to win a best actor award.
2004 - The notorious Bird family's more than half-century stronghold on the nation of Antigua and Barbuda came to an end when Baldwin Spencer won the post of prime minister in the general election.
2005 - The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal from the parents of Terri Schiavo to have a feeding tube reinserted into the severely brain-damaged woman.
2010 - Keeping a promise he’d made to anti-abortion Democratic lawmakers to assure passage of his historic health care legislation, President Barack Obama signed an executive order against using federal funds to pay for elective abortions covered by private insurance.
2012 - Former Vice President Dick Cheney underwent a heart transplant at a Virginia hospital.
2015 - Germanwings Flight 9525, an Airbus A320, crashed into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board; investigators said the jetliner was deliberately downed by the 27-year-old co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz.
2016 - A U.N. war crimes court convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and nine other charges for orchestrating a campaign of terror that left 100,000 people dead during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia; Karadzic was sentenced to 40 years in prison. (The sentence was later increased to life in prison.)
2017 - President Donald Trump and GOP leaders yanked their bill to repeal “Obamacare” off the House floor when it became clear the measure would fail badly.
2021 - The Senate confirmed former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be the nation’s assistant secretary of health; Levine was the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation.
2021 - Virginia, the state with the second-highest number of executions, became the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty.
Birthdays
24 - Paris Warner (actress)
32 - Keisha Castle-Hughes (actress)
32 - Lacey Evans (professional wrestler)
40 - Jack Swagger (professional wrestler)
41 - Philip Winchester (actor)
43 - Lake Bell (actress)
44 - Amir Arison (actor)
45 - Jessica Chastain (actress)
45 - Olivia Burnette (actress)
45 - Amanda Brugel (actress)
46 - Peyton Manning (football player)
48 - Alyson Hannigan (actress)
49 - Jim Parsons (actor)
51 - Megyn Price (actress)
52 - Lara Flynn Boyle (actress)
52 - Lauren Bowles (actress)
57 - Peter Jacobson (actor)
57 - Mark "The Undertaker" Callaway (professional wrestler)
60 - Star Jones (TV personality)
62 - Kelly LeBrock (actress)
68 - Robert Carradine (actor)
68 - Donna Pescow (actress)
71 - Tommy Hilfiger (fashion designer)
73 - Nick Lowe (singer)
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Today in Sports History - March 24
1936 - The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Maroons 1-0. The first goal was not scored until 16 minutes and 30 seconds into the sixth overtime period of the season's first Stanley Cup semi-final game.
1956 - San Francisco defeats Cockeye 83-71 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1962 - Cincinnati defeats Ohio State 71-59 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1962 - Benny "Kid" Paret was knocked into unconsciousness in a boxing match with Emile Griffith at Madison Square Garden. He died 10 days later. It was the first televised "death in the ring."
1973 - Nate "Tiny" Archibald became the first player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring (34.0 ppg) and assists (11.4 apg) in the same season.
1974 - North Carolina State defeats Marquette 76-64 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1980 - Louisville defeats UCLA 59-54 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1992 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) scored his 1000th career point in his 513th game. He was the second fastest player in the NHL to record 1000 points.
2005 - The NHL canceled its draft due to a six-month player lockout.
2019 - New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski announces retirement as 3-time Super Bowl winner, TE postseason record, most receptions (81), receiving yards (1,163) and receiving TDs (12).
2019 - Two-time American League MVP Mike Trout signs the biggest contract in North American sports history, a $426.5 million, 12-year extension with the Los Angeles Angels
2020 - The International Olympic Committee announced that the Summer Olympics in Tokyo would be postponed until 2021 because of the coronavirus.
1603 - Queen Elizabeth I died at age 69 after ruling England for more than 40 years.
1765 - Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.
1832 - A mob in Hiram, Ohio, attacked, tarred and feathered Mormon leaders Joseph Smith Jr. and Sidney Rigdon.
1882 - Robert Koch announced the discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus.
1883 - Long-distance telephone service was inaugurated between Chicago and New York City.
1934 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill granting future independence to the Philippines.
1949 - Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet" became the first British film to win an Oscar.
1958 - Rock-n-roll star Elvis Presley joined the U.S. Army for two years.
1976 - The president of Argentina, Isabel Peron, was deposed by her country’s military.
1977 - Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was named archbishop of Munich and Freising in Germany.
1980 - One of El Salvador’s most respected Roman Catholic Church leaders, Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, was shot to death by a sniper as he celebrated Mass in San Salvador.
1989 - In one of the worst oil spills in recent history, the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground and released more than 240,000 barrels of oil into Prince William Sound off the coast of Alaska.
1995 - After 20 years, British soldiers stopped routine patrols in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1998 - A 13-year-old boy and his 11-year-old cousin opened fire outside their school in Jonesboro, Arkansas, killing four students and a teacher and injuring 10.
1999 - NATO began launching air strikes in an attempt to force Serbia to cease hostilities against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
1999 - Thirty-nine people were killed when fire erupted in the Mont Blanc tunnel in France and burned for two days.
2001 - Apple Computer Inc.'s operating system Mac OS X went on sale.
2002 - Halle Berry became the first African-American actress to win a best actress Oscar and Denzel Washington became just the second African-American male to win a best actor award.
2004 - The notorious Bird family's more than half-century stronghold on the nation of Antigua and Barbuda came to an end when Baldwin Spencer won the post of prime minister in the general election.
2005 - The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal from the parents of Terri Schiavo to have a feeding tube reinserted into the severely brain-damaged woman.
2010 - Keeping a promise he’d made to anti-abortion Democratic lawmakers to assure passage of his historic health care legislation, President Barack Obama signed an executive order against using federal funds to pay for elective abortions covered by private insurance.
2012 - Former Vice President Dick Cheney underwent a heart transplant at a Virginia hospital.
2015 - Germanwings Flight 9525, an Airbus A320, crashed into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board; investigators said the jetliner was deliberately downed by the 27-year-old co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz.
2016 - A U.N. war crimes court convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and nine other charges for orchestrating a campaign of terror that left 100,000 people dead during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia; Karadzic was sentenced to 40 years in prison. (The sentence was later increased to life in prison.)
2017 - President Donald Trump and GOP leaders yanked their bill to repeal “Obamacare” off the House floor when it became clear the measure would fail badly.
2021 - The Senate confirmed former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be the nation’s assistant secretary of health; Levine was the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation.
2021 - Virginia, the state with the second-highest number of executions, became the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty.
Birthdays
24 - Paris Warner (actress)
32 - Keisha Castle-Hughes (actress)
32 - Lacey Evans (professional wrestler)
40 - Jack Swagger (professional wrestler)
41 - Philip Winchester (actor)
43 - Lake Bell (actress)
44 - Amir Arison (actor)
45 - Jessica Chastain (actress)
45 - Olivia Burnette (actress)
45 - Amanda Brugel (actress)
46 - Peyton Manning (football player)
48 - Alyson Hannigan (actress)
49 - Jim Parsons (actor)
51 - Megyn Price (actress)
52 - Lara Flynn Boyle (actress)
52 - Lauren Bowles (actress)
57 - Peter Jacobson (actor)
57 - Mark "The Undertaker" Callaway (professional wrestler)
60 - Star Jones (TV personality)
62 - Kelly LeBrock (actress)
68 - Robert Carradine (actor)
68 - Donna Pescow (actress)
71 - Tommy Hilfiger (fashion designer)
73 - Nick Lowe (singer)
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Today in Sports History - March 24
1936 - The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Maroons 1-0. The first goal was not scored until 16 minutes and 30 seconds into the sixth overtime period of the season's first Stanley Cup semi-final game.
1956 - San Francisco defeats Cockeye 83-71 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1962 - Cincinnati defeats Ohio State 71-59 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1962 - Benny "Kid" Paret was knocked into unconsciousness in a boxing match with Emile Griffith at Madison Square Garden. He died 10 days later. It was the first televised "death in the ring."
1973 - Nate "Tiny" Archibald became the first player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring (34.0 ppg) and assists (11.4 apg) in the same season.
1974 - North Carolina State defeats Marquette 76-64 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1980 - Louisville defeats UCLA 59-54 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1992 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) scored his 1000th career point in his 513th game. He was the second fastest player in the NHL to record 1000 points.
2005 - The NHL canceled its draft due to a six-month player lockout.
2019 - New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski announces retirement as 3-time Super Bowl winner, TE postseason record, most receptions (81), receiving yards (1,163) and receiving TDs (12).
2019 - Two-time American League MVP Mike Trout signs the biggest contract in North American sports history, a $426.5 million, 12-year extension with the Los Angeles Angels
2020 - The International Olympic Committee announced that the Summer Olympics in Tokyo would be postponed until 2021 because of the coronavirus.
