Today in History
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1882 Robert Koch discovers the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis
The German scientist, who is regarded as the father of modern bacteriology, won the Nobel Prize in P
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1896 Aleksander Popov achieves the world's first radio transmission
The Russian physicist transmitted the words “Heinrich Hertz” from one building of St. Petersburg Uni
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1965 Millions watch NASA spacecraft Ranger 9 crash into the Moon
The U.S. space probe broadcast live pictures back to Earth, enabling TV viewers to follow its approa
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1989 Oil tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska
The mishap resulted in one of the most devastating environmental disasters in history, killing up to
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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.
Births On This Day,
March, 24
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1930 Steve McQueen
American actor
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1897 Wilhelm Reich
Austrian/American psychotherapist
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1884 Peter Debye
Dutch/American physicist, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1874 Harry Houdini
Hungarian/American magician, actor
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1820 Fanny Crosby
American composer, songwriter
Deaths On This Day,
March, 24
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1976 Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
English army officer
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1946 Alexander Alekhine
Russian chess player
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1905 Jules Verne
French author
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1882 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American poet
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1603 Elizabeth I of England