March 24 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | March 24 Calendar
March 24th Daily Holidays include:
- International Day for Achievers
- International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
- National Cheesesteak Day
- National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day
- National Cocktail Day
- World Tuberculosis Day
March 24: Famous Birthdays
- March 24, 1874 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (d. 1926)
- March 24, 1924 – Norman Fell, American actor (Three’s Company) (d. 1998)
- March 24, 1930 – Steve McQueen, American actor (The Great Escape) (d. 1980)
- March 24, 1940 – Bob Mackie, American fashion designer
- March 24, 1951 – Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer
- March 24, 1953 – Louie Anderson, American comedian
- March 24, 1954 – Robert Carradine, American actor
- March 24, 1960 – Kelly LeBrock, American actress (The Woman in Red, Weird Science)
- March 24, 1974 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress (How I Met Your Mother)
- March 24, 1977 – Jessica Chastain, American actress (The Help, Zero Dark Thirty)
March 24: Historical Events
- March 24, 1629 – 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia
- March 24, 1832 – Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred & feathered in Ohio
- March 24, 1868 – Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms
- March 24, 1882 – German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB (Today is World Tuberculosis Day)
- March 24, 1896 – A. S. Popov, a Russian Physicist, makes the first radio signal transmission in history
- March 24, 1898 – 1st automobile sold
- March 24, 1920 – 1st US Coast Guard air station established in Morehead City, North Carolina
- March 24, 1930 – Planet Pluto named
- March 24, 1937 – National Gallery of Art established by Congress
- March 24, 1944 – During World War II, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III, a prisoner of war camp. The events are later used for the movie, The Great Escape with Steve McQueen (born on this day in 1930)
- March 24, 1944 – 811 British bombers attack Berlin
- March 24, 1944 – In occupied Rome, Nazis execute more than 300 civilians
- March 24, 1947 – Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the US Presidency
- March 24, 1947 – John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the United Nations
- March 24, 1955 – 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service
- March 24, 1958 – American Singer, Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army
- March 24, 1964 – Kennedy half-dollar issued
- March 24, 1972 – The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland
- March 24, 1981 – Nightline with Ted Koppel premieres on ABC
- March 24, 1989 – In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels of petroleum after running aground
- March 24, 2008 – Bhutan (landlocked state in South Asia, bordered by China and India) officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election
- March 24, 2015 – Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board
March 24: Music Events
- March 24, 1945 – The first #1 album on Bilboard’s first album chart, is Nat King Cole’s A Collection Of Favorites
- March 24, 1973 – The O’Jays’ Love Train hits #1
- March 24, 1975 – Patty LaBelle’s Lady Marmalade hits #1
- March 24, 1978 – Wings release With a Little Luck
- March 24, 1979 – The Bee Gees’ Tragedy hits #1
- March 24, 1985 – Phil Collins’ One More Night hits #1
- March 24, 1985 – Easy Lover by Philip Bailey and Phil Collins Hits #1 in the UK
- March 24, 1986 – At the 58th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Lionel Richie wins the Oscar for Best Original Song for his song, Say You, Say Me featured in the film White Nights
- March 24, 1990 – Canadian singer, Alannah Myles’ Black Velvet hits #1 in the US
- March 24, 2008 – Britney Spears makes a guest appearance on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother
March 24: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for March 24 is Aries.
March Birthstone:
What is the March Birthstone? Aquamarine
The modern birthstone representing March is aquamarine. Famed for millennia for its pure and even blue or blue-green color, potentially large size, and sparkling clarity, the aquamarine has been a valued gem to many cultures.
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