March 24th

• 1832

  Joseph Smith, Mormon leader, tarred and feathered in Ohio.

• 1837

  Canada grants voting rights to its black citizens.

• 1860

  Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in San Francisco, 89 days from NY.

• 1883

  First telephone call between New York & Chicago.

• 1906

  'Census of the British Empire' shows Britain rules 1/5 of the world.

• 1937

  Bus crash in Salem, Illinois kills 21 roller skater troupe members.

• 1947

  US Congress proposes 2-term limit for presidency.

• 1958

  Elvis Presley joins the U.S. Army. View Post →

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• 1982

  US sub Jacksonville collides with Turkish freighter near Virginia.

• 1998

  Tornado in Dantan, India kills 250, injures 3000.

• 1999

  Fire in Mont Blanc tunnel, France kills at least 30.

• 2015

  NASA's Opportunity rover completes a Martian marathon.

• 2019

  Mike Trout signs $426.5 million contract with LA Angels.

• 2023

  Chocolate factory explosion in Pennsylvania kills at least four.

• 1965

  Ranger 9 broadcasts live crash into the Moon to millions.

• 1900

  Carnegie Steel Corporation formed in New Jersey.

• 1989

  Exxon Valdez oil spill, one of the worst in history.

• 1603

  Queen Elizabeth I dies.