Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 24
This is a list of selected March 24 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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March 24: Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice in Argentina
- 1603 – King James VI of Scotland acceded to the throne of England and Ireland, becoming James I of England and unifying the crowns of the kingdoms for the first time.
- 1869 – The last of Māori leader Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
- 1882 – German physician Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (pictured), a bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
- 1980 – One day after giving a sermon in which he made a plea to Salvadoran soldiers to stop carrying out the government's repression, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated in San Salvador.
- 2008 – The Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party, led by Jigme Thinley, won 45 out of 47 seats in the National Assembly of Bhutan in the country's first-ever general election.