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| March 24th, 2008 | Event | Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election. |
| March 24th, 2007 | Event | The Australian Labor Party is reinstated after the New South Wales state elections. |
| March 24th, 2006 | Event | Long-term protests in Belarus are broken by police. |
| March 24th, 2006 | Event | Pope Benedict XVI adds 15 men to the College of Cardinals, in the first consistory of his Pontificate. |
| March 24th, 2003 | Event | The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq. |
| March 24th, 1999 | Event | Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country. |
| March 24th, 1999 | Event | Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire: 39 people die when a Belgian transport truck carrying flour and margarine caught fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel. |
| March 24th, 1998 | Event | Jonesboro massacre: Two students, ages 11 and 13, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are dead and ten are wounded. |
| March 24th, 1998 | Event | A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others. |
| March 24th, 1989 | Event | Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 m?) of petroleum after running aground. |
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