TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – MARCH 24
1208 King John of England opposes Innocent III on his nomination for archbishop of Canterbury.
1603 Scottish King James VI son of Mary Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to Elizabeth I, thus joining the English and Scottish crowns.
1663 Charles II of England awards land known as Carolina in North America to eight members of the nobility who assisted in his restoration.
1765 Britain passes the Quartering Act, requiring the colonies to house 10,000 British troops in public and private buildings.
1832 Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred & feathered in Ohio
1837 Canada gives its black citizens the right to vote
1862 Abolitionist Wendell Phillips speaks to a crowd about emancipation in Cincinnati, Ohio and is pelted by eggs.
1896 Aleksander Popov achieves the world’s first radio transmission
1934 US declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945
1938 The United States asks that all powers help refugees fleeing from the Nazis.
1944 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape)
1947 Congress proposes limiting the United States presidency to two terms.
1958 Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)
1965 Millions watch NASA spacecraft Ranger 9 crash into the Moon
1966 Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance
1980 ABC’s nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed “Nightline with Ted Koppel”
1986 US & Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra
1999 For the first time in its history, NATO attacks a sovereign country
The military alliance bombed Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War – without a UN mandate.
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