On This Day for March 24 - Exxon Valdez Alaskan oil spill, Elizabeth I is featured, and more

Created: 2020-03-24 10:03 Updated: 2020-03-24 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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March 24

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Elizabeth I

FEATURED EVENT

1989

Exxon Valdez Alaskan oil spill

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2016: Serbian politician Radovan Karadžić was found guilty of committing war crimes, including genocide, during the civil war that followed Bosnia and Herzegovina's split from Yugoslavia in 1992; he was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

2008: Bhutan held elections for the National Assembly, thereby completing the country's transition to a democracy. [ Test your knowledge of Asia .]

2002: Film stars Denzel Washington and Halle Berry became the second and third African Americans to win Academy Awards for performances in leading roles. [ Take our Oscar quiz .]

1999: A fire began in the Mont Blanc Tunnel , a major Alpine automotive tunnel connecting France and Italy; it took two days to put out the blaze, and 39 people were killed.

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