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Gravdigr · 03-24-2017, 01:56 PM

March 24

1401 – Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.

1663 – The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.

1765 – Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.

1832 – In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith.

1882 – Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.

1900 – Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

1944 – World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.

1958 – Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.

1965 – Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television.

1976 – In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.

1986 – The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.

1989 – In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil after running aground.

1993 – Discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9.

1999 – Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval , marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.

1999 – A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.

2008 – Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.

2015 – Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board.

births

1725 – Samuel Ashe, 1820 – Edmond Becquerel, 1834 – John Wesley Powell, 1874 – Harry Houdini, 1887 – Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, 1901 – Ub Iwerks, 1902 – Thomas E. Dewey, 1909 – Clyde Barrow, 1910 – Richard Conte, 1911 – Joseph Barbera, 1919 – Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1924 – Norman Fell, 1930 – Steve McQueen

, 1940 – Bob Mackie, 1944 – R. Lee Ermey, 1949 – Nick Lowe, 1951 – Tommy Hilfiger, 1956 – Steve Ballmer, 1959 – Renaldo Nehemiah, 1960 – Kelly Le Brock, 1960 – Annabella Sciorra, 1960 – Nena, 1962 – Star Jones, 1965 – The Undertaker, 1970 – Lara Flynn Boyle, 1973 – Jim Parsons, 1974 – Alyson Hannigan, 1976 – Peyton Manning, 1977 – Jessica Chastain, 1979 – Lake Bell

Deaths

1603 – Elizabeth I of England, 1882 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1905 – Jules Verne, 1984 – Sam Jaffe, 1990 – Ray Goulding, 1993 – John Hersey, 2008 – Richard Widmark, 2010 – Robert Culp, 2016 – Garry Shandling

03-24-2017, 01:56 PM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	March 24 1401 – Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1663 – The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne. 1765 – Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops. 1832 – In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith. 1882 – Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis. 1900 – Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn. 1944 – World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III. 1958 – Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army. 1965 – Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television. 1976 – In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process. 1986 – The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites. 1989 – In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil after running aground. 1993 – Discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. 1999 – Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval , marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country. 1999 – A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people. 2008 – Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election. 2015 – Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board. births 1725 – Samuel Ashe, 1820 – Edmond Becquerel, 1834 – John Wesley Powell, 1874 – Harry Houdini, 1887 – Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, 1901 – Ub Iwerks, 1902 – Thomas E. Dewey, 1909 – Clyde Barrow, 1910 – Richard Conte, 1911 – Joseph Barbera, 1919 – Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1924 – Norman Fell, 1930 – Steve McQueen, 1940 – Bob Mackie, 1944 – R. Lee Ermey, 1949 – Nick Lowe, 1951 – Tommy Hilfiger, 1956 – Steve Ballmer, 1959 – Renaldo Nehemiah, 1960 – Kelly Le Brock, 1960 – Annabella Sciorra, 1960 – Nena, 1962 – Star Jones, 1965 – The Undertaker, 1970 – Lara Flynn Boyle, 1973 – Jim Parsons, 1974 – Alyson Hannigan, 1976 – Peyton Manning, 1977 – Jessica Chastain, 1979 – Lake Bell Deaths 1603 – Elizabeth I of England, 1882 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1905 – Jules Verne, 1984 – Sam Jaffe, 1990 – Ray Goulding, 1993 – John Hersey, 2008 – Richard Widmark, 2010 – Robert Culp, 2016 – Garry Shandling __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.