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March the 24th
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2005 |
Sony releases its portable gaming console "The PlayStation Portable". |
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2001 |
Apple Computer releases Mac OS X operating system. |
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1999 |
NATO commences air bombardment of Yugoslavia. |
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1998 |
In Jonesboro, Arkansas, two teenage boys opened fire upon students at the Westside Middle School, killing 5 people and injuring another 10. |
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1989 |
Exxon's, Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground, causing a spill of over 30 million gallons of petroleum in the sea area of Prince William, Alaska. This is considered as one of the worst ecological disasters of the 20th century. |
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1976 |
British field marshal, Bernard Montgomery, died at the age of 89. He was one of the critical military figures of the Second World War. |
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1976 |
Argentina's military deposes President Isabel Peron. She had assumed the presidency after her husband Juan Peron died in 1974. |
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1973 |
Rock band, Pink Floyd, releases their The Dark Side of the Moon album. |
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1964 |
American actress, Annabella Sciorra, was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut. |
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1944 |
76 prisoners broke out of the Stalag Luft III, nazi POW prison, in Poland, this event inspired the hit movie, The Great Escape. |
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1930 |
American cinema legend, Steve McQueen, was born in Beech Grove, Indiana, USA. |
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1868 |
One of the worlds largest and most known insurance companies, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, was formed. |
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