March 24
March 24 is the 83th day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar (84th in
Leap years). There are 282 days remaining.
Births
- 1834 - John Wesley Powell, explorer, environmentalist († 1902)
- 1835 - Jožef Stefan, Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet († 1893)
- 1855 - Andrew Mellon, financier († 1937)
- 1874 - Harry Houdini, magician († 1926)
- 1887 - Fatty Arbuckle, actor († 1933)
- 1891 - John Knittel, dramatist († 1970)
- 1897 - Wilhelm Reich, psychotherapist († 1957)
- 1901 - Ub Iwerks, cartoonist († 1971)
- 1902 - Thomas Dewey, politician († 1971)
- 1911 - Joseph Barbera, cartoonist
- 1919 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author and publisher
- 1923 - Kermit Schafer, humorist († 1979)
- 1926 - Dario Fo, author, 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1927 - Martin Walser, author
- 1930 - Steve McQueen, film director and producer († 1980)
- 1935 - Peter Bichsel, writer
- 1936 - David Suzuki, environmentalist
- 1940 - Bob Mackie, costume designer
- 1949 - Nick Lowe, musician
- 1951 - Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer
- 1970 - Lara Flynn Boyle, actress
- 1974 - Alyson Hannigan, actress
Deaths
- 1603 - Queen Elizabeth I of England
- 1882 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, author
- 1905 - Jules Verne, author
- 1944 - Orde Wingate, British soldier
- 1946 - Alexander Alekhine, chess champion
- 1953 - Mary of Teck, wife of King George V of the United Kingdom
- 1962 - Auguste Piccard, physicist and explorer
- 1972 - Cristobal Balenciaga, couturier
- 1976 - Bernard Montgomery, British Field Marshal
- 1990 - An Wang, computer pioneer
- 1993 - John Hersey, author
Holidays and observances
See Also:
March 23 - March 25 - February 24 - April 24 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December