March 24

• 1989

  In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil after running aground.

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• 1992

  Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-45.

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• 1998

  A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3,000 others.

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• 1999

  Kosovo War: NATO begins attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.

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• 1999

  A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel, creating an inferno that kills 39 people.

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• 2008

  Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.

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• 2015

  Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board.

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• 2018

  Syrian civil war: The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and Syrian National Army (SNA) take full control of Afrin District, marking the end of the Afrin offensive.

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• 2018

  Students across the United States stage the March for Our Lives demanding gun control in response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

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• 2023

  An EF4 tornado strikes the towns of Rolling Fork and Silver City, Mississippi, causing mass destruction.

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• 2024

  The 2024 Senegalese presidential election is held following anti-government protests.

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• 2026

  OpenAI announces that their flagship Sora app and API are shutting down.

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1. 
   2004

   Gonzalo García, Spanish footballer

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2. 
   2001

   Clara Burel, French tennis player

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3. 
   1999

   Katie Swan, English tennis player

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4. 
   1998

   Christopher Briney, American actor

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5. 
   1998

   Ethel Cain, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and model

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6. 
   1998

   Damar Hamlin, American football player

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7. 
   1997

   Mina, Japanese singer and dancer

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8. 
   1996

   Myles Turner, American basketball player

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9. 
   1993

   Daniel Sazonov, Finnish politician

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10. 
    1991

    Nick Browne, English cricketer

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11. 
    1991

    Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenian tennis player

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12. 
    1990

    Aljur Abrenica, Filipino actor

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