March 24

Today in History
• 1379 - End of Gelderse war victory
• 1545 - German Parliament opens in Worms
• 1550 - France and England sign Peace of Boulogne
• 1603 - Scottish king James VI becomes King James I of England
• 1629 - 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia
• 1664 - Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island
• 1792 - Benjamin West (U.S.) becomes president of Royal Academy of London
• 1828 - Philadelphia and Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Commonwealth Covenant Day
• Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice
• International Day For Achievers
• National Adverse Drug Event Awareness Day
• National Cheesesteak Day
• National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day
• National Cocktail Day
• World Tuberculosis Day

Birthdays
• 1188 - Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I
• 1441 - Ernst I, elector of Saxon, 1464-86
• 1693 - John Harrison, carpenter and clockmaker, invented the marine chronometer
• 1725 - Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina
• 1733 - Joseph Priestley, English chemist and author who discovered oxygen
• 1755 - Rufus King, American politician and framer of US constitution
• 1797 - Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity)
• 1814 - Galen Clark, American naturalist/discovered Mariposa Grove