Also on March 24
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (AR) · Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia (AR) · عطلة عيد الفطر (يوم تعويضي) (SA)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2015 — Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board. ↗
- 2008 — Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election. ↗
- 2003 — The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq. ↗
- 1999 — Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has... ↗
- 1999 — A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1995 — Enzo Fernandez, French-Spanish footballer
- 1991 — Nick Browne, English cricketer
- 1991 — Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenian tennis player
- 1990 — Starlin Castro, American baseball player
- 1990 — Libby Clegg, English runner