March 24 - The Day in History

March 24 : General Interest 1989: Exxon Valdez runs aground The worst oil spill in U.S. territory begins when the supertanker Exxon Valdez, owned and operated by the Exxon Corporation, runs aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in southern Alaska... read more American Revolution 1765 : Parliament passes the Quartering Act http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/parliament-passes-the-quartering-act Automotive 2007 : Ferrari's around-the-world relay stops in L.A. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ferraris-around-the-world-relay-stops-in-la Civil War 1862 : Abolitionist orator Wendell Phillips booed in Cincinnati http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wendall-phillips-booed-in-cincinnati Cold War 1977 : United States and Cuba engage in direct negotiations http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-and-cuba-engage-in-direct-negotiations Crime 1998 : A school shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas, kills five http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-school-shooting-in-jonesboro-arkansas-kills-five Disaster 1989 : Exxon Valdez runs aground in Alaska http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/exxon-valdez-runs-aground-in-alaska General Interest 1603 : Queen Elizabeth I dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/queen-elizabeth-i-dies 1996 : Shannon Lucid enters Mir http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shannon-lucid-enters-imiri 1999 : NATO bombs Yugoslavia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nato-bombs-yugoslavia Hollywood 2002 : Halle Berry, Denzel Washington triumph at Oscars http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/halle-berry-denzel-washington-triumph-at-oscars Literary 1955 : Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof-opens Music 1958 : Elvis Presley is inducted into the U.S. Army http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jim-morrison-prompts-a-quotrally-for-decencyquot Old West 1834 : John Wesley Powell born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-wesley-powell-born Presidential 1949 : Truman signs off on aid to Palestine http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-signs-off-on-aid-to-palestine Sports 1976 : Peyton Manning born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/peyton-manning-born Vietnam War 1965 : First teach-in conducted http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-teach-in-conducted 1975 : North Vietnamese launch "Ho Chi Minh Campaign" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-launch-ho-chi-minh-campaign World War I 1918 : German forces cross the Somme River http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/german-forces-cross-the-somme-river World War II 1944 : Wingate dies in Burma http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wingate-dies-in-burma

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