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March 24

4 sourced moments from March 24 in history: Elizabeth I died in 1603, though her tomb says 1602; Robert Koch identified the TB bacterium on 24 March 1882; Elvis Presley Was Inducted Into the US Army (1958), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on March 24

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1989 Earth & Climate · Ecosystems

The Exxon Valdez fouled Prince William Sound

A supertanker strayed from its lane and tore open on a reef, unleashing the worst oil spill in U.S. waters at the time.

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1958 Culture & Arts · Music

Elvis Presley Was Inducted Into the US Army

At the height of his fame, the King of Rock and Roll swapped his blue suede shoes for Army boots as an ordinary private.

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1882 Human Body & Mind · Medicine & Disease

Robert Koch identified the TB bacterium on 24 March 1882

Koch's Berlin lecture revealed the germ behind a disease causing one in seven deaths. His follow-up cure failed; the disease still kills over a million a year.

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1603 History · Medieval

Elizabeth I died in 1603, though her tomb says 1602

The last Tudor died at Richmond Palace on 24 March 1603, the final day of 1602 by England's old calendar, and James VI took her crown.

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