March 24 History in Archive

March 24, 1663
- Charles II of England awarded lands
known as Carolina in America to eight
members of the nobility who assisted
in his restoration.

March 24, 1837
- Canada gives African men the right
to vote.

March 24, 1882
- Robert Koch announces the discovery
of the bacterium responsible for
tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis).

March 24, 1923
- Greece becomes a republic.

March 24, 1972
- The United Kingdom imposes "Direct
Rule" over Northern Ireland.

March 24, 1976
- In Argentina, the armed forces over-
throw the constitutional government of
President Isabel Peron and start a 7-year
dictatorial period self-styled National
Reorganization Process.

March 24, 1987
- French Premier Jacques Chirac signed a
contract with Walt Disney Productions
for the creation of a Disneyland amusement
park, the first in Europe.

March 24, 1998
- The UN announced a pullout from Afghanistan
after the governor of Kandahar slapped the
face of a UN employee.

March 24, 1998
- In South Korea the government fired two-thirds
of the senior officials at its spy agency in a
move to get the agency out of domestic politics.