03-24-2006, 06:28 AM
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March 24th
1874 ~ Birthday of Harry Houdini, Magician.
1882 ~ Robert Koch announced the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
1882 ~ Death of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet.
1893 ~ Birthday of Walter Baade, Astronomer.
1905 ~ Death of Jules Verne, Author.
1965 ~ Ranger 9 broadcast live TV as it crashed-landed onto the Moon.
1972 ~ The UK imposed direct rule over Northern Ireland.
1980 ~ Archbishop Óscar Romero was killed by gunmen while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
1989 ~ The Exxon Valdez spilled 240,000 barrels of oil after running aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound.
1999 ~ NATO launched air strikes against Yugoslavia. This marked the first time NATO attacked a sovereign nation.
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