Historical Events In March - 24

1994  On this day in history robert F Kennedy Jr divorces Emily Black   

1994  On March - 24 edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist, dies at 81   

1995  Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman, dies at 88 on March - 24.   

1996  16th Golden Raspberry Awards Showgirls wins on this day in history.   

1996  Eastenders star Michael French is reported to be a homosexual on March - 24.   

1996  Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament on this day in history.   

1996  MTA raises NYC bridge tolls to $3.50 each way on March - 24.   

1996  On this day in history u.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid safely transfers to the Russian space station Mir from the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis for a planned five-month stay.   

1996  On this day in history maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga, singer, dies at 66   

1996  On March - 24 16th Golden Raspberry Awards: Showgirls wins   

1997  On this day in history 69th Academy Awards "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win   

1997  Australian parliament overturns world's first &only euthanasia law on this day in history.   

1997  On March - 24 69th Academy Awards: "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win   

2000  Two 18-year-old boys are arrested in Britain on charges of breaking into e-commerce Internet sites in five countries, stealing information on more than 26,000 credit card accounts and posting some of it on the Web on March - 24.   

2005  The Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan reaches its climax with the overthrow of president Askar Akayev on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history african Union deploys 5,000 strong force with the aim of catching or killing warlord Joseph Kony   

2013  17 soldiers are killed by a suicide bomber at a military checkpoint in North Waziristan, Pakistan on this day in history.   

2014  Ukraine withdraws its forces from the Crimea on March - 24.   

2017  On March - 24 uS President Donald Trump and Republican party forced to pull their attempt to repeal Obamacare after internal opposition   

2018  On March - 24 tens of thousands attend 'March for Our Lives' rallies held in Washington D.C. and around the world to protest gun violence   

2018  On March - 24 american conducts it first ever drone strike against Qaeda militants in southern Libya   

2018  Hundreds of protesters shut down special meeting at Sacramento City Hall investigating police shooting of Stephon Clark on March - 24.   

2018  Australian batsman Cameron Bancroft is caught on camera rubbing match ball with an object during 3rd Cricket Test in Cape Town, resulting in an infamous ball tampering scandal on this day in history.   

2018  In over 900 cities internationally, people participate in demonstrations against gun violence and mass shootings, calling for stronger gun control in the "March for Our Lives" on this day in history.   

2019  The 2019 Thai general election takes place, for all 500 seats in the House of Representatives on this day in history.   

2019  A four-page summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report into U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign is published by the U.S. Attorney General William Barr. It concludes that there was no collusion with Russia - the basis of the investigation - but on the issue of obstruction of justice states: "While this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him" on March - 24.   

2020  Indian PM Narendra Modi orders a 21 day lockdown for world's second most populous country of 1.3 billion people to deal with coronavirus COVID-19 on this day in history.   

2020  Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces postponement of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games until summer of 2021 because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic on this day in history.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] India goes into lockdown to contain COVID-19. The total number of people in the world facing some form of pandemic-related movement restriction now exceeds 2.6 billion, a third of the global population on March - 24.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reports that the domestically transmitted epidemic was "basically blocked" and it is now under control on this day in history.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The International Olympic Committee and Japan suspend the 2020 Summer Olympics until 2021. On March 30, the Summer Olympics are rescheduled from July 23 to August 8, 2021 on this day in history.   

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1188  On March - 24 birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I   

1441  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on this day in history.   

1494  On March - 24 birth of georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)   

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on this day in history.   

1628  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on March - 24.   

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on this day in history.   

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on March - 24.   

1693  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on March - 24.   

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on March - 24.   

1396  On March - 24 death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

1400  On March - 24 florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies   

1455  On this day in history nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57   

1471  On March - 24 thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.