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{{*mp}} [[1882]] – [[Germany|German]] [[physician]] [[Robert Koch]] ''(pictured)'' announced the discovery of ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]'', a [[Bacteria|bacterium]] that causes '''[[tuberculosis]]'''. |
{{*mp}} [[1882]] – [[Germany|German]] [[physician]] [[Robert Koch]] ''(pictured)'' announced the discovery of ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]'', a [[Bacteria|bacterium]] that causes '''[[tuberculosis]]'''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1976]] – [[Dirty War]]: [[List of Heads of State of Argentina|President]] '''[[Isabel Martínez de Perón|Isabel Perón]]''' of [[Argentina]] was [[kidnapping|kidnapped]] and deposed in [[1976 Argentine coup d'état|a bloodless coup d'état]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1976]] – [[Dirty War]]: [[List of Heads of State of Argentina|President]] '''[[Isabel Martínez de Perón|Isabel Perón]]''' of [[Argentina]] was [[kidnapping|kidnapped]] and deposed in [[1976 Argentine coup d'état|a bloodless coup d'état]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1989]] – The [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]] ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' '''[[Exxon Valdez oil spill|spilled]]''' more than 10 million gallons of oil into [[Prince William Sound]], [[Alaska]], causing one of the most devastating man-made [[environmental disaster]]s at sea. |
{{*mp}} [[1989]] – The [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]] ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' '''[[Exxon Valdez oil spill|spilled]]''' more than 10 million U.S. gallons of oil into [[Prince William Sound]], [[Alaska]], causing one of the most devastating man-made [[environmental disaster]]s at sea. |
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{{*mp}} [[1999]] – [[Kosovo War]]: [[NATO]] '''[[1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|launched air strikes]]''' against [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], marking the first time NATO has attacked a [[Sovereignty|sovereign]] country. |
{{*mp}} [[1999]] – [[Kosovo War]]: [[NATO]] '''[[1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|launched air strikes]]''' against [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], marking the first time NATO has attacked a [[Sovereignty|sovereign]] country. |
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Revision as of 14:26, 24 March 2008
March 24: Easter Monday in Western Christianity (2008); World Tuberculosis Day
- 1603 – King James VI of Scotland acceded to the throne of England and Ireland, unifying the crowns of the three kingdoms for the first time.
- 1882 – German physician Robert Koch (pictured) announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
- 1976 – Dirty War: President Isabel Perón of Argentina was kidnapped and deposed in a bloodless coup d'état.
- 1989 – The tanker Exxon Valdez spilled more than 10 million U.S. gallons of oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing one of the most devastating man-made environmental disasters at sea.
- 1999 – Kosovo War: NATO launched air strikes against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.