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On This Day · The 83rd day of the year

March 24

50 years on from Argentina, March 24 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♈ZodiacAries ◈BirthstoneAquamarine ❀Birth flowerDaffodil

Aries is the sign for March 24 — read more on the Aries page, or see March's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on March 24?

March 24 is the 83rd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1603 and 2018. Famous people born on March 24 include Dario Fo, Luigi Einaudi and Adolf Butenandt.

Released on March 24

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Schedule I
  • Game Drive Beyond Horizons

2023

  • Game Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
  • Game Ancient Cities

2022

  • Game Norco
  • Game Ghostwire: Tokyo
  • TV Halo
  • Movie Everything Everywhere All at Once

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1603

    James VI and I

  2. 1882

    Robert Koch

  3. 1921

    1921 Women's Olympiad

  4. 1934

    Tydings–McDuffie Act

  5. 1944

    World War II

  6. 1976

    Argentina

  7. 1980

    El Salvador

  8. 2008

    Bhutan

  9. 2015

    Germanwings Flight 9525

  10. 2018

    United States

Famous birthday twins

Born on March 24

Dario Fo

b. 1926

Luigi Einaudi

b. 1874

Adolf Butenandt

b. 1903

Josef Stefan

b. 1835

Vojislav Koštunica

b. 1944

Yanis Varoufakis

b. 1961

Walter Baade

b. 1893

Martin Walser

b. 1927

Deaths

  • 2016Johan Cruyff
  • 2009Hans Klenk
  • 2007Shripad Narayan Pendse
  • 1999Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
  • 1905Jules Verne
  • 1603Elizabeth I

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Catherine of Vadstena
  • —Christian feast day: Hildelith of Barking
  • —Christian feast day: Mac Cairthinn of Clogher
  • —Christian feast day: Maria Karłowska
  • —Christian feast day: Óscar Romero (Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Lutheranism)
  • —Christian feast day: Paul Couturier (Church of England)
  • —Christian feast day: Walter Hilton (Church of England)
  • —Christian feast day: March 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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