Today is Monday, March twenty fourth, the 83rd day of 2025. There are 282 days a 12 months.
Today in history:
On March 24, 1989, the Supertanker Exxon Valdez (Vahl-Deez ') ran aground on a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and began an estimated 11 million gallon crude oil.
Also on this date:
In 1882 the German scientist Robert Koch announced in Berlin that he had discovered Bacillus answerable for tuberculosis.
In 1921 the Olympics of Women, the primary international women's sports event, began in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
In 1980 the Catholic Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero by El Salvador was shot by a sniper when he celebrated the fair in San Salvador.
In 1999 NATO air strikes began against Yugoslavia and was the primary time in her 50-year existence that she was attacking a sovereign country.
In 2015, the Deutschwings Flight 9525, an Airbus A320, fell against the French Alps and killed all 150 people on board. The investigators said that the Jetliner was deliberately depressed by 27-year-old co-pilot Andreas Lubitz.
In 2016, a Court of UN War Crimes condemned the previous Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić of genocide and nine further charges for orchestive terror campaign, through which 100,000 people were dead throughout the war of 1992-95. Karadžić received a 40 -year sentence that was later expanded to life.
Today's birthdays:
- Chef and tv presenter Mary Berry is 90.
- Musician Carol Kaye is 90.
- Fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie is 86.
- Singer Nick Lowe is 76.
- Golf Hall of Famer Pat Bradley is 74.
- Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger is 74.
- Actor Kelly Lebrock is 65.
- TV personality star Jones is 63.
- Actor Lara Flynn Boyle is 55.
- Actor Jim Parsons is 52.
- Actor Alyson Hannigan is 51.
- Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning is 49.
- Actor Jessica Chastain is 48.
- Basketball Hall of Famer Chris Bosh is 41.
- Dancer Val Chkomovskiy is 39.
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