What are the important events that happened on March 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 24: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 24 is the 83^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 282 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 11, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,742,774,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontatrigon’ day.

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 330 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,476 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 24: This Day In History

March 24th is the 365th and last day of the year in many European implementations of the Julian calendar.

March 24 Historical Events

• 1707 –
  The Acts of Union 1707 is signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• 1832 –
  In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr.
• 1860 –
  Sakuradamon incident (1860): Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke
• 1882 –
  Robert Koch announces the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
• 1896 –
  A. A. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.
• 1907 –
  The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
• 1944 –
  World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III.
• 1965 –
  NASA spacecraft Ranger 9, equipped to convert its signals into a form suitable for showing on domestic television, brings images of the Moon into ordinary homes before crash landing.
• 1989 –
  Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240000 oilbbl of petroleum after running aground.
• 1993 –
  Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.

Who were born on March 24?

• 1820 –
  A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1891)
• 1848 –
  Honoré Beaugrand, Quebec journalist and newspaper publisher (La Patrie) (d. 1906)
• 1926 –
  Desmond Connell, Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin
• 1936 –
  David Suzuki, Canadian scientist and environmentalist
• 1954 –
  Donna Pescow, American actress
• 1958 –
  Mike Woodson, American basketball player and head coach
• 1981 –
  Mike Adams, American football player
• 1982 –
  Jimmy Hempte, Belgian footballer
• 1983 –
  Kelvin Kwan, Hong Kong singer
• 1983 –
  T. J. Ford, American basketball player

Who died on March 24?

• 1381 –
  Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint (b. 1332)
• 1558 –
  Anna of Egmond, Countess of Egmond and Buren (b. 1533)
• 1563 –
  Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b. 1514)
• 1909 –
  John Millington Synge, Irish playwright (b. 1871)
• 1915 –
  Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (b. 1846)
• 1916 –
  Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (b. 1867)
• 1976 –
  Bernard Montgomery, British field marshal (b. 1887)
• 1991 –
  Sir John Kerr, Australian Governor-General (b. 1914)
• 2006 –
  Lynne Perrie, English actress (b. 1931)
• 2008 –
  Hal Riney, American advertising executive (b. 1932)