March 24: In 1603 James VI of Scotland also becomes James I of England, upon the death of Elizabeth I (Tudors!); in 1663 the Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne; in 1707 the Acts of Union 1707 is signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain; in 1721 Johann Sebastian Bach dedicates six concertos to Christian Ludwig, margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg concertos; in 1765 the Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops; in 1832 in Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith; in 1837 Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote; in 1854 slavery is abolished in Venezuela; in 1889 Robert Koch announces the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis; in 1934 the U.S. Congress passes the Tydings–McDuffie Act allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth; in 1944, in an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III; in 1958 Elvis Presley is drafted into the U.S. Army; in 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; in 1898 on Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of petroleum after running aground ; in 1993 Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 is discovered; in 1998 Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded. Birthdays: geologist/explorer/soldier John Wesley Powell (1834); magician Harry Houdini (1874); American politician Thomas E. Dewey (1902); criminal Clyde Barrow (1909); animator Joseph Barbera (1911); actor Norman Fell (1924); actor Steve McQueen (1930); Canadian environmentalist/academic David Suzuki (1936); singer/guitarist Nick Lowe (1949); Supertramp bassist Dougie Thomson (1951); actor Robert Carradine (1954); actress Kelly LeBrock (1960); Indy and sports car driver Scott Pruett (1960). Music: In 1945 Billboard begins publishing its first album chart (the first Number One: A Collection Of Favorites by Nat King Cole); in 1962 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards take the stage for the first time in Ealing, England with their first band, unfortunately named Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys; in 1965, while playing in Odense, Denmark, Rolling Stone bassist Bill Wyman is shocked by a poorly grounded mic stand, and is instantly knocked unconscious.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:04:55 +0000
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