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Originally Posted by Ernest Rants
On this day
On this day: 24 March
•1603: Elizabeth I dies and is succeeded by James VI of Scotland, unifying the English and Scottish crowns into one big happy family.
•1944: In the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in Germany, 79 Allied airmen flee but 50 are caught and shot, that hairbear of a butler caused it.
•1999: Nato begins bombing Serb forces in Kosovo, where atrocities are being committed against ethnic Albanians, see we sorted that one out.
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Also on the 24th March
Mar 24 1874
Houdini born.
Mar 24 1973
Lou Reed's ass bitten on stage by rabid fan in Buffalo.
Mar 24 1989
Cold Fusion announced.
Mar 24 1989
Exxon tanker Valdez, piloted by a drunk captain, strikes a well-charted reef at Prince William sound, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil.
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