Thursday, March 24, 1689 is a Thursday. It is day 83 of 1689 (22.7% through the year), ISO week 12, in Q1.
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Thursday, March 24, 1689 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2015: The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 deliberately crashed the aircraft, an Airbus A320, in a mass murder–suicide in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to March 24.
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Historical Milestones
The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 deliberately crashed the aircraft, an Airbus A320, in a mass murder–suicide in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.
Germanwings Flight 9525 →Led by Jigme Thinley, the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party won 45 of 47 seats in the country's first National Assembly election.
Jigme Thinley →Hannah Montana, starring Miley Cyrus as an actress whose alter ego is the titular character, premiered.
Hannah Montana →At the 74th Academy Awards, Halle Berry became the first African American to win Best Actress, winning for her role as Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball.
74th Academy Awards →One day after making a plea to Salvadoran soldiers to stop carrying out the government's repression, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador →Royal assent was given to Prince Edward Island's Provincial Flag Act, which outlined the design of its provincial flag.
Royal assent →Members of the German National Movement in Liechtenstein attempted to overthrow the government and provoke Liechtenstein's annexation into Nazi Germany.
German National Movement in Liechtenstein →The Tydings–McDuffie Act came into effect, which provided for self-government of the Philippines and for Filipino independence from the United States after a period of ten years.
Tydings–McDuffie Act →Irish War of Independence: In Belfast, two men wearing police uniforms broke into a house and murdered a Catholic family in what was believed to be a reprisal for the deaths of two policemen the day before.
Irish War of Independence →The inaugural Women's Olympiad (cover pictured), the first international women's sports event, opened at the International Sporting Club of Monaco in Monte Carlo.
1921 Women's Olympiad →Robert Anderson Van Wyck, mayor of New York City, broke ground for a new underground Rapid Transit Railroad that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Robert Anderson Van Wyck →The Winton Motor Carriage Company (ad pictured), one of the first American car companies, sold its first unit.
Winton Motor Carriage Company →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Questions & Answers
Thursday, March 24, 1689 falls on a Thursday.
123,258 days ago (337 years, 5 months, 19 days ago). It is day 83 of 1689 with 282 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Thursday, March 24, 1689 is written as XXIV.III.MDCLXXXIX (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waxing Crescent (approx. 12% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Aries.