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Total Eclipse of the Sun: 1811 March 24
http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/0211811/

Europa Total Solar Eclipse on 24 March 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boEZeAsre1w



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On March 24, 2009, Nibiru opened up a new astronomical society at the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Azcapotzalco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibiru_Sociedad_Astronomica

The Great Escape: 76 ill-fated escapees through tunnel 'Harry' on 24 March 1944
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Escape_(book)

The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill



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Ranger 9 impacted onto the Moon on the 24th March 1965
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_9

On March 24, 1975, just eight days after its final close approach, Mariner 10 ran out of fuel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet)

SROSS-A was launched on the 24th March 1987
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretched_Rohini_Satellite_Series#SROSS_A_And_SROSS_B

Kosmos 2491 (Uragan-M #42) launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on the 24th March 2014
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/uragan-m.htm

Space Shuttle STS-45 was launched on the 24th March 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-45



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Scott Jay Horowitz (born March 24, 1957) is a retired American astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_J._Horowitz

Kenneth Stanley Reightler, Jr. (born March 24, 1951) is a former NASA astronaut. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_S._Reightler,_Jr.

Krafft Arnold Ehricke (March 24, 1917 - December 11, 1984) was a German rocket-propulsion engineer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krafft_Arnold_Ehricke

Lodewijk van den Berg (born March 24, 1932) is a Dutch American chemical engineer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodewijk_van_den_Berg

Sidney Walter Fox (24 March 1912 - 10 August 1998) was a Los Angeles-born biochemist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_W._Fox

Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (24 March 1820 - 11 May 1891) was a French physicist 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._E._Becquerel

John G. Hartnett (born 24 March 1952), is an Australian physicist and cosmologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hartnett_(physicist)

John Harrison (24 March 1693 - 24 March 1776) was a self-educated English carpenter
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t12455741/john-harrison/

Joseph Stefan (24 March 1835 - 7 January 1893) was a Carinthian Slovene physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stefan

Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (24 March [O.S. 12 March] 1891 - January 25, 1951) was a Soviet physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Ivanovich_Vavilov

Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade (March 24, 1893 - June 25, 1960) was a German astronomer 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48416879/wilhelm-baade-1893-1960/

Garrett Putnam Serviss (March 24, 1851 - May 25, 1929) was an American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_P._Serviss

Pieter Johannes van Rhijn (March 24, 1886 - May 9, 1960) was a Dutch astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Johannes_van_Rhijn



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NGC 2718 was discovered by William Herschel on the 24th March 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57108439/ngc-2718/

NGC 3203 was discovered by John Herschel on the 24th March 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57108434/ngc-3203/

NGC 3230 was discovered by John Herschel on the 24th March 1830.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57108430/ngc-3230/

NGC 3305 was discovered by John Herschel on the 24th March 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57108427/ngc-3305/

NGC 3308 was discovered by John Herschel using on the 24th March 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57108419/ngc-3308/

NGC 3309 was discovered by John Herschel on the 24th March 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57108410/ngc-3309/

NGC 3314 was discovered by John Herschel on the 24th March 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49596551/ngc-3314/

NGC 3336 was discovered by John Herschel on the 24th March 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57108354/ngc-3336/

Messier 105 was discovered by Pierre Francois Andre Mechain on the 24th March 1781.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t14171376/ngc-3379/

NGC 3393 was discovered by John Herschel using on the 24th March 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t15237294/ngc-3393/

NGC 3953 may have been discovered by Charles Messier on the 24th March 1781.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57106529/ngc-3953/

NGC 5341 was discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 24th March 1857.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57106487/ngc-5341/

NGC 5349 was discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 24th March 1857.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57106508/ngc-5349/



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Titan was discovered on March 25, 1655, by the Dutch astronomer/physicist Christiaan Huygens. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t2936294/titan/

Asteroid (58) Concordia was discovered by Robert Luther on March 24, 1860.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/58_Concordia

Asteroid (390) Alma was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on March 24, 1894
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/390_Alma

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was discovered on the night of March 24, 1993
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t27327834/comet-shoemaker-levy-9/

Transneptunian object 2014 FT71 was discovered by Scott S. Sheppard and Chadwick Trujillo on the 24th March 2014.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t64532150/tno-2014-ft71/

The Sheffield Incident happened just after 10pm on the night of 24th March 1997
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57106466/sheffield-incident/

Title: The great meteor of March 24, 1933
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53814142/meteor-march-24-1933/



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Meteorites

The Stavropol (L6) meteorite fell in Stavropol'skiy kray, Russia, on the 24th February, 1857.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48416890/stavropol-meteorite/

The Pasamonte (Eucrite) meteorite fell in New Mexico, USA, on the 24th February, 1933.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t24989742/pasamonte-meteor/

The Lahrauli (Ureilite) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 24th February, 1955.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48416892/lahrauli-meteorite/



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