These historical events took place on March 24th:
1664: Colonist and Theologian Roger Williams was granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island.
1824: The first performance of “Missa Solemnis” by composer Ludwig van Beethoven’s.
1900: New York City Mayor Rober Anderson Van Wyck broke ground for a new underground “Rapid Transit Railroad” that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
1920: The first United States Coast Guard air station was established in Morehead City, North Carolina.
1925: KSL-AM in Salt Lake City, Utah began their radio commissions.
1934: The United States Congress passed the Tydings-McDuffie Act that would declare the Philippines independent after a ten-year period.
1937: A bus carrying a roller skater troupe from Cincinnati to St. Louis crashes into a bridge abutment in Salem, Illinois that would kill twenty-one people.
1939: “Wuthering Heights’ ‘ was based on Emily Bonte’s novel directed by William Wyler with stars Merle Oberon and Laurance Olivier premiered in Los Angeles, California.
1942: The United States government began moving native-born citizens with Japanese ancestry into detention centers under Executive Order 9066, with the intention of preventing homegrown espionage.
1947: Congress proposes a two-term limitation on the presidency.
1989: Exxon tanker Valdez spills 10.8 million gallons of crude oil in Prince William Sound near Tatitlek, Alaska.