WHAT HAPPENED ON 24. MARCH
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The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published. (24. March 1907)

Irish War of Independence: In Belfast, Northern Irish policemen break into the home of a Catholic family and shoot all eight males inside. (24. March 1922)

Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city. (24. March 1927)

United States Congress passes the Tydings–McDuffie Act allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth. (24. March 1934)

Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome. (24. March 1944)

World War II: 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. (24. March 1944)

The British Cabinet Mission, consisting of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander, arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership. (24. March 1946)

Rock'N'Roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army. (24. March 1958)

The Party of the African Federation is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keïta. (24. March 1959)

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. (24. March 1965)

The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland. (24. March 1972)

Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles. (24. March 1973)

In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process. Since 2006, a public holiday known as Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice is held on this day. (24. March 1976)

Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed while celebrating Mass in San Salvador. (24. March 1980)

The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites. (24. March 1986)

Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of petroleum after running aground. (24. March 1989)

Discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. (24. March 1993)

Jonesboro massacre: 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. (24. March 1998)

A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others. (24. March 1998)

Mont Blanc Tunnel fire kills 38 people. (24. March 1999)