Historical Events on March 24

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Here are some historical events that have occurred on March 24:

1603 - The Union Flag (the flag of the United Kingdom) was adopted as the flag of England and Scotland.

1837 - Canada gives African men the right to vote.

1882 - Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (TB).

1900 - New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

1923 - Greece becomes a republic.

1944 - In occupied Rome, the Nazis executed more than 300 civilians in retaliation for an attack by Italian partisans the day before.

1958 - Elvis Presley is drafted into the United States Army.

1965 - NASA's Ranger 9 spacecraft successfully crashes into the Moon, sending back images in the final minutes of its mission.

1972 - The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland.

1989 - The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurs in Prince William Sound, Alaska, one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history.

1999 - NATO begins airstrikes against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.

2008 - Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first-ever democratic elections.

2015 - A Germanwings plane, Flight 9525, crashes in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.

These are just a few events from history that took place on March 24th throughout the years.