Italian Giampaolo Pazzini scored the first goal with just 29 seconds and scored a hat-trick in a 3-3 draw over England in 2007. Image: Wikimedia Commons
On This Day: What happened on 24 March?
We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.
Italian Giampaolo Pazzini scored the first goal with just 29 seconds and scored a hat-trick in a 3-3 draw over England in 2007. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 24 March, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 24 MARCH
2015 | A Germanwings flight number 9525 crashed in the French Alps in an attempt to kill the pilot and killed all 150 people aboard.
1999 | Kosovo War: NATO began attacking Yugoslavia without the approval of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the first time NATO attacked a sovereign country.
1999 | At least 38 people died when a lorry carrying margarine and flour caught fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
1998 | Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13, respectively, set fire to teachers and students on this day at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people were killed and ten were injured.
1998 | A tornado swept through Dantan in India, 250 people were killed and 3 000 others injured.
BIRTHDAYS
1978 | Australian footballer and coach, Michael Braun.
1961 | Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance, Yanis Varoufakis.
1976 | American football player, and entrepreneur, Peyton Manning.
1972 | American baseball player and coach, Steve Karsay.
1975 | Swedish-Monacan tennis player, Thomas Johansson.
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ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2010 | American actor, Robert Culp, 80.
2014 | American illustrator, David A. Trampier, 60.
2002 | American race car driver and bobsledder, Bob Said, 70
2015 | English-Israeli diplomat, Yehuda Avner, 87.
2008 | American actor, Richard Widmark, 94.
2016 | American comedian, actor, and screenwriter, Garry Shandling, 67.
SPORTS
2007 | On this day, the England Under-21 team met their Italian counterparts in the first match at the new Wembley Stadium in front of 55 700 people. Giampaolo Pazzini scored the first goal in just 29 seconds and scored a hat-trick in a 3-3 draw. England goals were scored by David Bentley, Wayne Routledge, and Matt Derbyshire.
ENTERTAINMENT
2020 | On this day for the first time in the United States “The Gentlemen” was released. It was directed by Guy Ritchie.
AFRICA FACT
The Central African Republic has 597 species of butterflies identified.
