HISTORICAL EVENTS:
1952 – Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa
1959 – The Party of the African Federation (PFA) is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keita.
This day in #history 24/03
MARCH 24TH
1924 – Greece becomes a republic
1930 – Planet Pluto named
1941 – British troops defeat British Somalia
1941 – German troops occupy El Agheila Libya
1952 – Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa
1959 – The Party of the African Federation (PFA) is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keita.
1972 – Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland
1999 – Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
2008 – Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
1733 – Joseph Priestley, England, Birstall England, clergyman/scientist (discovered oxygen)
1834 – John Wesley Powell, US, geologist/explorer/ethnologist
1866 – Jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer
1874 – Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Budapest, magician/escape artist
1912 – Dorothy Irene Height, president (national council of…
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