{"id":19260,"date":"2020-03-24T09:01:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T03:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=19260"},"modified":"2020-03-24T09:08:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T03:38:01","slug":"history-of-24-march-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-24-march-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 24 March"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>History of 24 March<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> &#8211; The African nation of Benin held its first presidential elections in about 30 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> &#8211; In Israel, Ezer Weizman, an advocate of peace with neighboring Arab nations, was elected President.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong> &#8211; Russian forces surrounded Achkoi-Martan. It was one of the few remaining strongholds of rebels in Chechenia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong> &#8211; The U.S. House of Representatives passed a welfare reform package that made the most changes in social programs since the New Deal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; The Australian parliament overturned the world&#8217;s first and only euthanasia law.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; In Jonesboro, AR, two young boys open fire at students from woods near a school. Four students and a teacher were killed and 10 others were injured. The two boys were 11 and 13 years old cousins.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; A former FBI agent said papers found in James Earl Ray&#8217;s car supports a conspiracy theory in the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; In Kenya, at least 31 people were killed when a passenger train derailed. Hundreds were injured.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; NATO launched air strikes against Yugoslavia (Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Vojvodina). The attacks marked the first time in its 50-year history that NATO attacked a sovereign country. The bombings were in response to Serbia&#8217;s refusal to sign a peace treaty with ethnic Albanians who were seeking independence for the province of Kosovo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; The 7-mile tunnel under Mont Blanc in France became an inferno after a truck carrying flour and margarine caught fire. At least 30 people were killed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong> &#8211; Apple Computer Inc&#8217;s operating system MAC OS X went on sale.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211; Thieves stole five 17th century paintings from the Frans Hals Museum in the Dutch city of Haarlem. The paintings were worth about $2.6 million. The paintings were works by Jan Steen, Cornelis Bega, Adriaan van Ostade and Cornelis Dusart.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2005<\/strong> &#8211; The government of Kyrgyzstan collapsed after opposition protesters took over President Askar Akayev&#8217;s presidential compound and government offices.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2005<\/strong> &#8211; Sandra Bullock received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2006<\/strong> &#8211; In Spain, the Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent cease-fire.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0It was announced that the U.S. and its allies would exclude Russia from the G8 meeting and boycott a planned summit in Sochi in response to Russia&#8217;s takeover of Crimea.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2019<\/strong> &#8211; U.S. Attorney General William Barr released a four-page summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s report in U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s election campaign. The report concluded that there was no evidence of members of the campaign being involved in a criminal conspiracy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mike Adams, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ron Hainsey, American ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dirk Hayhurst, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mark Looms, Dutch footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Gary Paffett, English racing driver<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Corey Hart, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jack Swagger, American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Epico Colon, Puerto Rican professional wrestler<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jimmy Hempte, Belgian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dustin McGowan, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Luca Ceccarelli, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Riccardo Musetti, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0T.J. Ford, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Beno\u00eet Assou-Ekotto, French born Cameroonian international footballer, left-back<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Chris Bosh, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Adrian D&#8217;Souza, Indian field hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Lucy Wangui Kabuu, Kenyan runner<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Park Bom, South Korean singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Philipp Petzschner, German tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lana, American wrestler and manager<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Haruka Ayase, Japanese actress and singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ramires, Brazilian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladeshi cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Billy Jones, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Yuma Asami, Japanese actress and singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Aiga Grabuste, Latvian heptathlete<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mat\u00edas Mart\u00ednez, Argentinian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kardo Ploomipuu, Estonian swimmer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Matt Todd, New Zealand rugby union player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Starlin Castro, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Aljur Abrenica, Filipino actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-New Zealand actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Nick Browne, English cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenian tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Enzo Fernandez, French-Spanish footballer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 24 March 1991 &#8211; The African nation of Benin held its first presidential elections in about 30 years. 1993 &#8211; In Israel, Ezer Weizman, an advocate of peace with neighboring Arab nations, was elected President. 1995 &#8211; Russian forces surrounded Achkoi-Martan. 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